libssh2_agent_init(3) libssh2 manual libssh2_agent_init(3)NAMElibssh2_agent_init - init an ssh-agent handle
SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h>
LIBSSH2_AGENT *libssh2_agent_init(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session);
DESCRIPTION
Init an ssh-agent handle. Returns the handle to an internal representa‐
tion of an ssh-agent connection. After the successful initialization,
an application can call libssh2_agent_connect(3) to connect to a run‐
ning ssh-agent.
Call libssh2_agent_free(3) to free the handle again after you're doing
using it.
RETURN VALUE
Returns a handle pointer or NULL if something went wrong. The returned
handle is used as input to all other ssh-agent related functions lib‐
ssh2 provides.
AVAILABILITY
Added in libssh2 1.2
SEE ALSOlibssh2_agent_connect(3)libssh2_agent_free(3)libssh2 1.2 23 Dec 2009 libssh2_agent_init(3)