BIO_S_FD(3)

NAME
BIO_s_fd, BIO_set_fd, BIO_get_fd, BIO_new_fd - file descriptor BIO

SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/bio.h>
BIO_METHOD *
BIO_s_fd(void);
#define BIO_set_fd(b,fd,c) BIO_int_ctrl(b,BIO_C_SET_FD,c,fd)
#define BIO_get_fd(b,c) BIO_ctrl(b,BIO_C_GET_FD,0,(char *)c)
BIO *
BIO_new_fd(int fd, int close_flag);

DESCRIPTION
BIO_s_fd() returns the file descriptor BIO method. This is a wrapper around the platform's file descriptor routines such as read(2) and write(2).

BIO_read(3) and BIO_write(3) read or write the underlying descriptor. BIO_puts(3) is supported but BIO_gets(3) is not.

If the close flag is set, close(2) is called on the underlying file descriptor when the BIO is freed.

BIO_reset(3) attempts to set the file pointer to the start of the file using lseek(fd, 0, 0).

BIO_seek(3) sets the file pointer to position ofs from start of file using lseek(fd, ofs, 0).

BIO_tell(3) returns the current file position by calling lseek(fd, 0, 1).

BIO_set_fd() sets the file descriptor of BIO b to fd and the close flag to c.

BIO_get_fd() places the file descriptor in c if it is not NULL, it also returns the file descriptor. If c is not NULL, it should be of type int *.

BIO_new_fd() returns a file descriptor BIO using fd and close_flag.

NOTES
The behaviour of BIO_read(3) and BIO_write(3) depends on the behavior of the platform's read(2) and write(2) calls on the descriptor. If the underlying file descriptor is in a non blocking mode, then the BIO will behave in the manner described in the BIO_read(3) and BIO_should_retry(3) manual pages.

File descriptor BIOs should not be used for socket I/O. Use socket BIOs instead.

RETURN VALUES
BIO_s_fd() returns the file descriptor BIO method.

BIO_reset(3) returns zero for success and -1 if an error occurred. BIO_seek(3) and BIO_tell(3) return the current file position or -1 if an error occurred. These values reflect the underlying lseek(2) behaviour.

BIO_set_fd() always returns 1.

BIO_get_fd() returns the file descriptor or -1 if the BIO has not been initialized.

BIO_new_fd() returns the newly allocated BIO or NULL if an error occurred.

EXAMPLE
This is a file descriptor BIO version of "Hello World":

    BIO *out;
    out = BIO_new_fd(fileno(stdout), BIO_NOCLOSE);
    BIO_printf(out, "Hello World\n");
    BIO_free(out);

SEE ALSO
BIO_read(3), BIO_seek(3)