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.TH libssh2_init 3 "19 Mar 2010" "libssh2 1.2.5" "libssh2 manual"
.SH NAME
libssh2_init - global library initialization
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h>

#define LIBSSH2_INIT_NO_CRYPTO 0x0001

int
libssh2_init(int flags);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Initialize the libssh2 functions.  This typically initialize the
crypto library.  It uses a global state, and is not thread safe -- you
must make sure this function is not called concurrently.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns 0 if succeeded, or a negative value for error.
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in libssh2 1.2.5

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.SH ATTRIBUTES
See
.BR attributes (5)
for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
box;
cbp-1 | cbp-1
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE 
=
Availability	library/libssh2
=
Stability	Uncommitted
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.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libssh2_exit(3)


.SH NOTES

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This software was built from source available at https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.  The original community source was downloaded from  http://www.libssh2.org/download/libssh2-1.4.2.tar.gz

Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://www.libssh2.org/.