gnutls_hash_init — API function

Synopsis

#include <gnutls/crypto.h>

int gnutls_hash_init(gnutls_hash_hd_t * dig, gnutls_digest_algorithm_t algorithm);

Arguments

gnutls_hash_hd_t * dig

is a gnutls_hash_hd_t type

gnutls_digest_algorithm_t algorithm

the hash algorithm to use

Description

This function will initialize an context that can be used to produce a Message Digest of data.  This will effectively use the current crypto backend in use by gnutls or the cryptographic accelerator in use.

Returns

Zero or a negative error code on error.

Since

2.10.0

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.
Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

See Also

The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form visit

https://www.gnutls.org/manual/

Info

3.6.9 gnutls