bn_copy(3) - Linux man page

Name

BN_copy, BN_dup - copy BIGNUMs

Synopsis

#include <openssl/bn.h>

BIGNUM *BN_copy(BIGNUM *to, const BIGNUM *from);

BIGNUM *BN_dup(const BIGNUM *from);

Description

BN_copy() copies from to to. BN_dup() creates a new BIGNUM containing the value from.

Return Values

BN_copy() returns to on success, NULL on error. BN_dup() returns the new BIGNUM , and NULL on error. The error codes can be obtained by err_get_error(3).

See Also

bn(3), err_get_error(3)

History

BN_copy() and BN_dup() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.