SSL_CONF_CMD_ARGV(3ossl)

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💅 SSL_CONF_CMD_ARGV(3ossl) — your girl's guide to OpenSSL's command-line glow-up ✨

okay so real talk, this is a page from the OpenSSL manual, and it's literally about feeding command-line args into SSL config like the main character you are 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

SSL_CONF_cmd_argv — SSL configuration command line processing 💖 (yes bestie, it does what it says on the tin)

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

int SSL_CONF_cmd_argv(SSL_CONF_CTX *cctx, int *pargc, char ***pargv);

like, that's the whole vibe check right there 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So SSL_CONF_cmd_argv() is out here processing at most two command line arguments from pargv and pargc. Not one, not three — two, max. She's got limits and honestly? Respect. 💅

The values of pargv and pargc get updated to reflect the number of command options that actually got processed — so they come back changed, iykyk ✨

And the pargc argument? You can just set it to NULL if you're not using it. Not me being flexible 😌 no cap.

🦋 RETURN VALUES 🦋

SSL_CONF_cmd_argv() returns the number of command arguments processed — that's 0, 1, 2, or a negative error code 😭

  • If -2 is returned — an argument for a command is missing. Like she went to the group chat and nobody replied 💀
  • If -1 is returned — the command is recognised but couldn't be processed due to an error. For example: a syntax error in the argument 🙈 (she knows you, she just can't with that syntax)
ngl the negative returns are giving "read the room" — they're error codes, so handle them fr fr, don't just ignore them 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

like, go read these too bestie, they're all iconic in their own way 👑

🧚 HISTORY 🧚

These functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.2 — so yes, she's been slaying since way back, a true veteran of the game ⭐

Copyright 2012-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. 💜

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

periodt. read the license, it's literally the rules of the house 🏠✨

and that's the whole page, bestie — OpenSSL 3.5.0, dated 2026-09-25 💖 go forth and configure your SSL with main character energy 🦋🌸💅

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