SSH Buffers

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Functions
void	buffer_free (struct buffer_struct *buffer)
	deallocate a buffer
void *	buffer_get (struct buffer_struct *buffer)
	get a pointer on the head of the buffer
u32	buffer_get_len (struct buffer_struct *buffer)
	get length of the buffer, not counting position
struct buffer_struct *	buffer_new (void)
	creates a new buffer

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Detailed Description

buffer handling

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Function Documentation

void buffer_free

(

struct buffer_struct *

buffer

)

deallocate a buffer

Parameters:

buffer

buffer to free

Referenced by channel_change_pty_size(), channel_free(), channel_open_forward(), channel_request_env(), channel_request_exec(), channel_request_pty_size(), channel_request_subsystem(), publickey_from_file(), and publickey_to_string().

void* buffer_get

(

struct buffer_struct *

buffer

)

get a pointer on the head of the buffer

Parameters:

buffer

buffer

Returns:

data pointer on the head. Doesn't take position into account.

Warning:

don't expect data to be nul-terminated

See also:

buffer_get_rest()

buffer_get_len()

Referenced by publickey_from_file(), and publickey_to_string().

u32 buffer_get_len

(

struct buffer_struct *

buffer

)

get length of the buffer, not counting position

Parameters:

buffer

Returns:

length of the buffer

See also:

buffer_get()

Referenced by channel_read_buffer(), publickey_from_file(), and publickey_to_string().

struct buffer_struct* buffer_new

(

void

)

[read]

creates a new buffer

Returns:

a new initialized buffer, NULL on error.

Referenced by channel_change_pty_size(), channel_new(), channel_open_forward(), channel_request_env(), channel_request_exec(), channel_request_pty_size(), channel_request_subsystem(), publickey_to_string(), and ssh_new().