PEM_WRITE_BIO_CMS_STREAM(3SSL)

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version 4.0.3 · 14 versions
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✨ PEM_WRITE_BIO_CMS_STREAM ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the OpenSSL manual, section 3SSL 🎀 this one's a lil function that lives in the OpenSSL crew and it's here to help you yeet a CMS_ContentInfo structure out into the world in PEM format. literally so iconic of it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

PEM_write_bio_CMS_stream — output CMS_ContentInfo structure in PEM format 💖

that's the whole job. it takes your CMS thingy and streams it out as PEM. no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <openssl/cms.h>

int PEM_write_bio_CMS_stream(BIO *out, CMS_ContentInfo *cms, BIO *data, int flags);

yep, that's the whole vibe. four args, one int back. she's simple like that 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

PEM_write_bio_CMS_stream() outputs a CMS_ContentInfo structure in PEM format ✨

and other than that? bestie, it's otherwise identical to the function SMIME_write_CMS(). same energy, same behaviour, just this name. periodt.

🧚 NOTES 🧚

this function is effectively a version of PEM_write_bio_CMS() that supports streaming 🌊 so if you were sitting there like "hmm I wish PEM_write_bio_CMS() could stream," boom, here she is. iykyk.

🍓 RETURN VALUES 🍓

  • 1 — slay 💖 success, we ate
  • 0 — not slay 😭 failure, go check ERR_get_error(3) probably

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these too, they're all part of the fam 🫶

💜 HISTORY 💜

the PEM_write_bio_CMS_stream() function was added in OpenSSL 1.0.0 ⭐ so she's been around a minute. a real main character from day one.

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bestie this is version 4.0.3, dated 2026-09-29, straight from the OpenSSL manual page PEM_WRITE_BIO_CMS_STREAM(3SSL) — go stream something pretty 💅✨
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