gnutls_cipher_deinit(3)

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version 3.8.13 · 7 versions
, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, arch rolling, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu stonking

💖 gnutls_cipher_deinit(3) — the gnutls girlies' edition 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the gnutls manual, and today's main character is gnutls_cipher_deinit. it's a lil API function. she's not flashy. she's the cleanup crew. and honestly? we love her for it. 🧹✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <gnutls/crypto.h>

void gnutls_cipher_deinit(gnutls_cipher_hd_t handle);

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. void return, one argument, no drama. 🎀

🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

  • gnutls_cipher_hd_t handle — bestie this is a gnutls_cipher_hd_t type. that's the encryption context you've been holding onto this whole time. yes that one. the one you made earlier. don't pretend you forgot about her. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea: this function will deinitialize all resources occupied by the given encryption context. translation? everything that context was hogging — memory, internal state, the whole little ecosystem — gets released. she's done. she's retiring. let her go. 🦋

you call this when you're finished with a cipher handle, so nothing leaks. it's giving responsible. it's giving adulting. it's giving "i close my file descriptors." periodt. 👑

🎀 SINCE 🎀

2.10.0 — she's been around since 2.10.0, so she's an OG, not a new girl. respect your elders. 🙏

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found a bug? not me finding a bug 😭 tell the devs:

fr fr they wanna know. don't just suffer in silence, that's not the move. 🫶

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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

(iconic of them honestly. free to share, just keep the receipts. 💖)

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form, visit

https://www.gnutls.org/manual/

like, go read the whole thing. there's so much more where this came from. iykyk. 🌸

and that's the page, bestie!! 💕 this was gnutls manual page for gnutls_cipher_deinit, from gnutls 3.8.13. go free your cipher contexts. go be free yourself. slay. 💅✨

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