SSL_CONF_CMD_ARGV(3SSL)

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version 4.0.3 · 13 versions
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💖 SSL_CONF_cmd_argv — SSL configuration command line processing 💖

okay bestie, welcome to SSL_CONF_CMD_ARGV(3SSL) ✨ this is the lil corner of OpenSSL that takes your command line args and feeds them into the SSL config machinery. it's giving ✨glue code✨ but make it iconic. let's get into it 🫶

🎀 NAME 🎀

SSL_CONF_cmd_argv — processing command lines for SSL configuration, fr fr 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the whole vibe of SSL_CONF_cmd_argv() is: it processes at most two command line arguments, pulling them out of pargv with pargc keeping the count 🎀

and yes, it updates pargv and pargc as it goes, so they reflect how many command options actually got processed. it's like a lil receipt of what happened 💖

also — huge news — you can set pargc to NULL if you're simply not using it. no pressure, no drama, it's optional bestie ✨

⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

SSL_CONF_cmd_argv() hands back the number of command arguments processed: that's 0, 1, 2, or a negative error code 👑

the negative codes deserve their own moment, so:

  • -2 — an argument for a command is missing 😭 like girl where is it
  • -1 — the command is recognised but it couldn't be processed because of an error. for example, a syntax error in the argument 💀
ngl those negative returns are the vibe check. 0/1/2 are the successes, anything negative means go read your args again 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friendship group, go say hi:

💜 HISTORY 💜

these functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.2 ✨ a classic, a legacy, an icon. periodt.

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>.

okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate it 💅 and just so you have the receipts: this was SSL_CONF_CMD_ARGV(3SSL), version 4.0.3, dated 2026-09-29. go forth and process those args, main character 🧚💖

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