OPENSSL_FILE(3ossl)

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💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to OPENSSL_FILE(3ossl) — the OpenSSL manual page for the generic C programming utility macros. The whole squad is OPENSSL_FILE, OPENSSL_LINE, OPENSSL_FUNC, OPENSSL_MSTR, and OPENSSL_MSTR_HELPER 💅.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/macros.h>

#define OPENSSL_FILE /* typically: __FILE__ */
#define OPENSSL_LINE /* typically: __LINE__ */
#define OPENSSL_FUNC /* typically: __func__ */

#define OPENSSL_MSTR_HELPER(x) #x
#define OPENSSL_MSTR(x) OPENSSL_MSTR_HELPER(x)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The macros OPENSSL_FILE and OPENSSL_LINE typically yield the current filename and line number during C compilation. slay. But when OPENSSL_NO_FILENAMES is defined, they yield "" and 0, respectively — no cap, that's just the deal.

The macro OPENSSL_FUNC attempts to yield the name of the C function currently being compiled, as far as language and compiler versions allow. Otherwise, it yields (unknown function).

The macro OPENSSL_MSTR yields the expansion of the macro given as argument, which is useful for concatenation with string constants. The macro OPENSSL_MSTR_HELPER is an auxiliary macro for this purpose. iykyk.

😭 RETURN VALUES 😭

see above 👆

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

👑 HISTORY 👑

OPENSSL_FUNC, OPENSSL_MSTR, and OPENSSL_MSTR_HELPER were added in OpenSSL 3.0. periodt.

Copyright 2018-2019 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>.

kisses bestie 💋 — this was OpenSSL 3.5.6, dated 2026-04-07, and it's the OPENSSL_FILE(3ossl) page. 🫶✨

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