libssh2_channel_open_ex - Man Page

establish a generic session channel

Synopsis

#include <libssh2.h>

LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *
libssh2_channel_open_ex(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, const char *channel_type,
                        unsigned int channel_type_len,
                        unsigned int window_size,
                        unsigned int packet_size,
                        const char *message, unsigned int message_len);

LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *
libssh2_channel_open_session(session);

Description

session - Session instance as returned by libssh2_session_init_ex(3)

channel_type - Channel type to open. Typically one of session, direct-tcpip, or tcpip-forward. The SSH2 protocol allowed for additional types including local, custom channel types.

channel_type_len - Length of channel_type

window_size - Maximum amount of unacknowledged data remote host is allowed to send before receiving an SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_WINDOW_ADJUST packet.

packet_size - Maximum number of bytes remote host is allowed to send in a single SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_DATA or SSG_MSG_CHANNEL_EXTENDED_DATA packet.

message - Additional data as required by the selected channel_type.

message_len - Length of message parameter.

Allocate a new channel for exchanging data with the server. This method is typically called through its macroized form: libssh2_channel_open_session(3) or via libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip(3) or libssh2_channel_forward_listen(3)

Return Value

Pointer to a newly allocated LIBSSH2_CHANNEL instance, or NULL on errors.

Errors

LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC -  An internal memory allocation call failed.

LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND - Unable to send data on socket.

LIBSSH2_ERROR_CHANNEL_FAILURE -

LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN - Marked for non-blocking I/O but the call would block.

See Also

Add related functions

Referenced By

libssh2_channel_close(3), libssh2_channel_open_session(3), libssh2_channel_process_startup(3), libssh2_channel_request_auth_agent(3), libssh2_channel_request_pty_ex(3), libssh2_channel_setenv_ex(3), libssh2_channel_signal_ex(3), libssh2_channel_write_ex(3), libssh2_channel_x11_req_ex(3), libssh2_scp_recv(3), libssh2_scp_recv2(3), libssh2_scp_send64(3), libssh2_scp_send_ex(3).

1 Jun 2007 libssh2 0.15