.\" Copyright (C) The libssh2 project and its contributors.

.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause

.TH libssh2_init 3 "19 Mar 2010" "libssh2" "libssh2"

.SH NAME

libssh2_init - global library initialization

.SH SYNOPSIS

.nf

#include <libssh2.h>

#define LIBSSH2_INIT_NO_CRYPTO 0x0001

int

libssh2_init(int flags);

.fi

.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

.SH SEE ALSO

.BR libssh2_exit(3)