NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       BN_copy, BN_dup - copy BIGNUMs

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

       libcrypto, -lcrypto

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

        #include <openssl/bn.h>

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

        BIGNUM *BN_dup(const BIGNUM *from);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       openssl_bn(3), openssl_err(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

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



2000-07-22                    0.9.6g                   BN_copy(3)