libssh2_agent_connect(3)

💫 libssh2_agent_connect(3) 💫

okay bestie, welcome to the libssh2 manual, this one's about libssh2_agent_connect and it's literally so simple you're gonna slay it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

libssh2_agent_connect — connect to an ssh-agent 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <libssh2.h>

int
libssh2_agent_connect(LIBSSH2_AGENT *agent);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically, this function connects to an ssh-agent that's running on the system. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

and like, once you're done using it (yes the manpage fr says "after you are doing using it", iconic typo, we stan), you gotta call libssh2_agent_disconnect(3) to close the connection. don't just ghost it, bestie, that's rude to your file descriptors 😭

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

returns 0 if it succeeded 🎉, or a negative value for error 💀.

🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

added in libssh2 1.2 — so it's been here a minute, no cap.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• libssh2_agent_init(3)
• libssh2_agent_disconnect(3)

and that's the whole page, periodt. this little gem came from the libssh2 manual, dated 23 Dec 2009 — yes she's an elder but she still ate 💖 mwah, go connect to that agent bestie 🧚