=pod =head1 NAME BIO_ctrl, BIO_callback_ctrl, BIO_ptr_ctrl, BIO_int_ctrl, BIO_reset, BIO_seek, BIO_tell, BIO_flush, BIO_eof, BIO_set_close, BIO_get_close, BIO_pending, BIO_wpending, BIO_ctrl_pending, BIO_ctrl_wpending, BIO_get_info_callback, BIO_set_info_callback, BIO_info_cb - BIO control operations =head1 SYNOPSIS #include <openssl/bio.h> typedef int BIO_info_cb(BIO *b, int state, int res); long BIO_ctrl(BIO *bp, int cmd, long larg, void *parg); long BIO_callback_ctrl(BIO *b, int cmd, BIO_info_cb *cb); char *BIO_ptr_ctrl(BIO *bp, int cmd, long larg); long BIO_int_ctrl(BIO *bp, int cmd, long larg, int iarg); int BIO_reset(BIO *b); int BIO_seek(BIO *b, int ofs); int BIO_tell(BIO *b); int BIO_flush(BIO *b); int BIO_eof(BIO *b); int BIO_set_close(BIO *b, long flag); int BIO_get_close(BIO *b); int BIO_pending(BIO *b); int BIO_wpending(BIO *b); size_t BIO_ctrl_pending(BIO *b); size_t BIO_ctrl_wpending(BIO *b); int BIO_get_info_callback(BIO *b, BIO_info_cb **cbp); int BIO_set_info_callback(BIO *b, BIO_info_cb *cb); =head1 DESCRIPTION BIO_ctrl(), BIO_callback_ctrl(), BIO_ptr_ctrl() and BIO_int_ctrl() are BIO "control" operations taking arguments of various types. These functions are not normally called directly, various macros are used instead. The standard macros are described below, macros specific to a particular type of BIO are described in the specific BIOs manual page as well as any special features of the standard calls. BIO_reset() typically resets a BIO to some initial state, in the case of file related BIOs for example it rewinds the file pointer to the start of the file. BIO_seek() resets a file related BIO's (that is file descriptor and FILE BIOs) file position pointer to B<ofs> bytes from start of file. BIO_tell() returns the current file position of a file related BIO. BIO_flush() normally writes out any internally buffered data, in some cases it is used to signal EOF and that no more data will be written. BIO_eof() returns 1 if the BIO has read EOF, the precise meaning of "EOF" varies according to the BIO type. BIO_set_close() sets the BIO B<b> close flag to B<flag>. B<flag> can take the value BIO_CLOSE or BIO_NOCLOSE. Typically BIO_CLOSE is used in a source/sink BIO to indicate that the underlying I/O stream should be closed when the BIO is freed. BIO_get_close() returns the BIOs close flag. BIO_pending(), BIO_ctrl_pending(), BIO_wpending() and BIO_ctrl_wpending() return the number of pending characters in the BIOs read and write buffers. Not all BIOs support these calls. BIO_ctrl_pending() and BIO_ctrl_wpending() return a size_t type and are functions, BIO_pending() and BIO_wpending() are macros which call BIO_ctrl(). =head1 RETURN VALUES BIO_reset() normally returns 1 for success and 0 or -1 for failure. File BIOs are an exception, they return 0 for success and -1 for failure. BIO_seek() and BIO_tell() both return the current file position on success and -1 for failure, except file BIOs which for BIO_seek() always return 0 for success and -1 for failure. BIO_flush() returns 1 for success and 0 or -1 for failure. BIO_eof() returns 1 if EOF has been reached 0 otherwise. BIO_set_close() always returns 1. BIO_get_close() returns the close flag value: BIO_CLOSE or BIO_NOCLOSE. BIO_pending(), BIO_ctrl_pending(), BIO_wpending() and BIO_ctrl_wpending() return the amount of pending data. =head1 NOTES BIO_flush(), because it can write data may return 0 or -1 indicating that the call should be retried later in a similar manner to BIO_write_ex(). The BIO_should_retry() call should be used and appropriate action taken is the call fails. The return values of BIO_pending() and BIO_wpending() may not reliably determine the amount of pending data in all cases. For example in the case of a file BIO some data may be available in the FILE structures internal buffers but it is not possible to determine this in a portably way. For other types of BIO they may not be supported. Filter BIOs if they do not internally handle a particular BIO_ctrl() operation usually pass the operation to the next BIO in the chain. This often means there is no need to locate the required BIO for a particular operation, it can be called on a chain and it will be automatically passed to the relevant BIO. However this can cause unexpected results: for example no current filter BIOs implement BIO_seek(), but this may still succeed if the chain ends in a FILE or file descriptor BIO. Source/sink BIOs return an 0 if they do not recognize the BIO_ctrl() operation. =head1 BUGS Some of the return values are ambiguous and care should be taken. In particular a return value of 0 can be returned if an operation is not supported, if an error occurred, if EOF has not been reached and in the case of BIO_seek() on a file BIO for a successful operation. =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. =cut