libssh2_sftp_open(3)

💖 libssh2_sftp_open — bestie edition 💖

okay so you found the libssh2_sftp_open(3) page, and honestly? it's a little one. a tiny little baby manpage. it's part of the libssh2 manual set, and it's basically the cute convenient front door to a bigger function. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

libssh2_sftp_open — convenience macro for libssh2_sftp_open_ex(3) calls

like. that's it. that's the whole name section. it's a macro, not even a real function, and it exists purely so you don't have to type the _ex version every single time. lowkey iconic behaviour 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

first you gotta pull in the headers, both of them, no skipping:

#include <libssh2.h>
#include <libssh2_sftp.h>

then the call itself looks like this:

LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *
libssh2_sftp_open(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *filename,
                  unsigned long flags,
                  long mode);

so you're handing it an sftp (a LIBSSH2_SFTP *), a filename (a const char *), some flags (an unsigned long), and a mode (a long). and it hands you back a LIBSSH2_SFTP_HANDLE *. slay ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea, bestie: this is a macro defined in a public libssh2 header file. it is not doing the heavy lifting itself. nope. it's a cute little wrapper that's using the underlying function libssh2_sftp_open_ex(3).

so when you call this, the real work is happening over in libssh2_sftp_open_ex(3). this one is just the convenience layer. the vibes are immaculate, the implementation is someone else's problem 💀

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

bestie. not here. see libssh2_sftp_open_ex(3). that's where the actual answer lives. this macro is just the messenger 🎀

🌈 ERRORS 🌈

same deal, angel. see libssh2_sftp_open_ex(3). every error you could possibly meet is documented over there, not on this page. go check it, fr fr.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• libssh2_sftp_open_ex(3) — the main character. the one doing everything. go read that one next, i'm literally begging 🙈

and that's the whole page, no cap. this manual page is from libssh2 1.2.4, dated 20 Feb 2010 — yes she's an elder but she still ate 💖 go open some files, bestie, you got this 🧚✨