OPENSSL-INFO(1ossl)

📦 version 3.5.0, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 NAME 💅

ok so openssl-info — it prints out the built-in info about OpenSSL. that's it, that's the whole vibe. this is the OPENSSL-INFO(1ossl) page, like the manual-page girlies call it ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

openssl info [-help] [-configdir] [-enginesdir] [-modulesdir ] [-dsoext]
[-dirnamesep] [-listsep] [-seeds] [-cpusettings] [-windowscontext]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

bestie, this command is literally just "tell me about OpenSSL." it prints out info about OpenSSL, periodt. and the way it does it? it writes the info exactly as it is, no extra text, no little decorative sentences, nothing — which makes it genuinely useful for scripts. no cap, that's the whole point 🫶

and bc of that (the no-extra-text thing), only one item may be chosen for each run of this command. one. single. item. per run. the command is not doing a combo meal, it's not doing a bundle, it's giving one thing at a time energy 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -help — prints out a usage message. classic. the "what do i even do here" button 🎀
  • -configdir — outputs the default directory for OpenSSL configuration files. your config's home address 🏠
  • -enginesdir — outputs the default directory for OpenSSL engine modules.
  • -modulesdir — outputs the default directory for OpenSSL dynamically loadable modules other than engine modules. yeah, modules ≠ engines, they're different girlies, keep up 😌
  • -dsoext — outputs the DSO extension that OpenSSL uses.
  • -dirnamesep — outputs the separator character between a directory specification and a filename. and heads up ⚠️ on some operating systems this is not the same as the separator between directory elements. so don't go assuming, okay? that's how you get humbled 🙈
  • -listsep — outputs the OpenSSL list separator character. this one is typically used to construct $PATH ("%PATH%" on Windows) style lists. path vibes 🌈
  • -seeds — outputs the randomness seed sources. the chaotic-good option 🔥
  • -cpusettings — outputs the OpenSSL CPU settings info. let her know what her CPU is serving 💜
  • -windowscontext — outputs the Windows install context. windows girlies, this one's for you 🪟

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

  • this command was added in OpenSSL 3.0. she's not an OG, she's a newer icon 👑
  • the -windowscontext option was added in OpenSSL 3.4. glow-up update ✨

Copyright 2019-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

fr fr read the license, bestie — "except in compliance with the License" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence and we respect her for it 💀

ok that's the whole page, mwah 💖 this was version 3.5.0, dated 2026-09-25 — screenshot it, memorize it, live by it, slay 🧚🌸

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