libssh2_session_init(3)

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πŸ’– libssh2_session_init(3) πŸ’–

okay bestie, welcome to the libssh2 manual, and today's main character is libssh2_session_init ✨ it's a macro, it's a convenience, it's giving "I do one tiny thing and I do it flawlessly" πŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

libssh2_session_init β€” a convenience macro that's really just out here making libssh2_session_init_ex(3) calls for you 🫢


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

#include <libssh2.h>

LIBSSH2_SESSION *
libssh2_session_init(void);

like, that's it. no args, no drama, no notes πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so here's the tea β˜• β€” this is a macro, and it lives in a public libssh2 header file, and underneath all that cute packaging it is literally using the underlying function libssh2_session_init_ex(3). that's the whole vibe. it's a little shortcut, a little "don't worry about the extra params, bestie, I got you" moment 🌈


πŸ‘‘ RETURN VALUE πŸ‘‘

see libssh2_session_init_ex(3) β€” that's where the actual answer lives, I'm just the messenger 🧚


πŸ’€ ERRORS πŸ’€

also see libssh2_session_init_ex(3). yes, again. it's the same source of truth, no cap ✨


πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

  • libssh2_session_init_ex(3) β€” the one actually doing the heavy lifting, the real MVP, the blueprint, the blueprint-iest πŸ’œ

and that's the whole page, bestie!! πŸŒΈπŸ’– you ate that. this was libssh2 version 1.2.4, dated 20 Feb 2010, and honestly? still iconic after all these years πŸ‘‘βœ¨ mwah, go init some sessions, ily πŸ«ΆπŸŽ€