NAME¶
gnutls_alert_send - API function
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
int gnutls_alert_send(gnutls_session_t session,
gnutls_alert_level_t level, gnutls_alert_description_t
desc);
ARGUMENTS¶
- gnutls_session_t session
- is a gnutls_session_t structure.
- gnutls_alert_level_t level
- is the level of the alert
- gnutls_alert_description_t desc
- is the alert description
DESCRIPTION¶
This function will send an alert to the peer in order to inform him of something
important (eg. his Certificate could not be verified). If the alert level is
Fatal then the peer is expected to close the connection, otherwise he may
ignore the alert and continue.
The error code of the underlying record send function will be returned, so you
may also receive
GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED or
GNUTLS_E_AGAIN as well.
RETURNS¶
On success,
GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise an error code is
returned.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.
Home page:
http://www.gnutls.org
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc..
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this
notice are preserved.
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for
gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form visit
- http://www.gnutls.org/manual/