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.\" Copyright (c) 2009-2011 by Daniel Stenberg
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.TH libssh2_knownhost_readfile 3 "28 May 2009" "libssh2" "libssh2"
.SH NAME
libssh2_knownhost_readfile - parse a file of known hosts
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libssh2.h>

int
libssh2_knownhost_readfile(LIBSSH2_KNOWNHOSTS *hosts,
                           const char *filename, int type);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Reads a collection of known hosts from a specified file and adds them to the
collection of known hosts.

\fIfilename\fP specifies which file to read

\fItype\fP specifies what file type it is, and
\fILIBSSH2_KNOWNHOST_FILE_OPENSSH\fP is the only currently supported
format. This file is normally found named ~/.ssh/known_hosts
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns a negative value, a regular libssh2 error code for errors, or a
positive number as number of parsed known hosts in the file.
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in libssh2 1.2
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libssh2_knownhost_init(3)
.BR libssh2_knownhost_free(3)
.BR libssh2_knownhost_check(3)