OSSL_GENERAL_NAMES_PRINT(3ossl)

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version 3.5.9 · 8 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 OSSL_GENERAL_NAMES_PRINT(3ossl) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the OpenSSL manuals — section 3ossl — and it's genuinely so cute and small. no cap, this one's a lil baby function that just wants to make your cert names look pretty. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

OSSL_GENERAL_NAMES_print — print GeneralNames in a human-friendly, multi-line string. it's giving aesthetic formatting, fr fr 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/x509v3.h>

int OSSL_GENERAL_NAMES_print(BIO *out, GENERAL_NAMES *gens, int indent);

look at that signature. three args, zero drama. 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so OSSL_GENERAL_NAMES_print() takes your GeneralNames — that's gens — and prints a human readable version of them over to the BIO called out. human readable, like, actually readable, not the cursed DER blob energy. 🙈

and the indent? every single line gets indented by indent spaces. that's it. that's the whole thing. she's a one-trick pony and she ate. 👑

🔥 RETURN VALUES 🔥

OSSL_GENERAL_NAMES_print() always returns 1.

like. always. she said "I do not miss, I do not fail, I return 1." main character energy honestly. 💅✨

no really — always 1. that's the whole return value situation, don't go looking for a 0 case, bestie, there isn't one in here.

🕰️ HISTORY 🕰️

the functions described here were all added in OpenSSL 3.4. so she's new-ish, she's fresh, she's a 3.4 girlie 🧚

Copyright 2024 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>.

yes bestie, read the license, it's the law and also it's just polite 🫶

aaaand that's the whole page, you're done, you understood the assignment 🌈✨ this was the 3.5.9 version, dated 2026-09-29, from the OSSL_GENERAL_NAMES_PRINT(3ossl) manual — go forth and print your GeneralNames all pretty and indented, mwah 💋💖

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