libssh2_session_init(3)
π libssh2_session_init(3) π
okay bestie, welcome to the libssh2 manual, and today's main character is libssh2_session_init β¨ it's a macro, it's a convenience, it's giving "I do one tiny thing and I do it flawlessly" π
πΈ NAME πΈ
libssh2_session_init β a convenience macro that's really just out here making libssh2_session_init_ex(3) calls for you π«Ά
π SYNOPSIS π
#include <libssh2.h>
LIBSSH2_SESSION *
libssh2_session_init(void);
like, that's it. no args, no drama, no notes π
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
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 π
π RETURN VALUE π
see libssh2_session_init_ex(3) β that's where the actual answer lives, I'm just the messenger π§
π ERRORS π
also see libssh2_session_init_ex(3). yes, again. it's the same source of truth, no cap β¨
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
libssh2_session_init_ex(3)β the one actually doing the heavy lifting, the real MVP, the blueprint, the blueprint-iest π
and that's the whole page, bestie!! πΈπ you ate that. this was libssh2 version 1.2.4, dated 20 Feb 2010, and honestly? still iconic after all these years πβ¨ mwah, go init some sessions, ily π«Άπ
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