libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip(3)

💖 libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip(3) — that's the libssh2 one, yes, the SSH library, we're doing serious networking today and we're doing it cutely ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip — it's a convenience macro that wraps libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(3) calls 🎀

like. that's literally its whole job. it's the lil shortcut bestie. the middle man. the girlypop who makes the call for you 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

first you gotta pull in the header, no cap:

#include <libssh2.h>

then, the moment you've been waiting for:

LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *
libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,
                             const char *host, int port);

three things go in: a session, a host, and a port. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🌈

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕ — this one is a macro, not a full-on function, and it lives in a public libssh2 header file. and what does this macro do? it uses the underlying function libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(3) underneath. it's giving "I'm just here to make your life easier" energy, and honestly? iconic 👑

so when you call it, you're really calling the _ex version, but with fewer things to type. obsessed fr fr 💖

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💀 RETURN VALUE 💀

bestie I'm not gonna lie to you — this one doesn't spill its own tea. go look at libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(3) for the return value, okay? 🫶

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🙈 ERRORS 🙈

same situation, same energy: see libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(3). that's where the error lore lives. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(3) — the main character this whole page is about, lowkey. go read it. iykyk 💜

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real talk, no cap: this page is short because the macro is short. the actual details are all in libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(3). don't @ me, @ the _ex page 😭

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this lil cutie came from libssh2 1.2.4 and it's dated 20 Feb 2010 — an elder, a legend, a founding mother of the group chat 🌸💅 stay hydrated, read your _ex page, and stream responsibly 🦋✨