ssh2/docs/libssh2_channel_process_startup.3
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.\" $Id: libssh2_channel_process_startup.3,v 1.2 2009/03/16 23:25:14 bagder Exp $
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.TH libssh2_channel_process_startup 3 "1 Jun 2007" "libssh2 0.15" "libssh2 manual"
.SH NAME
libssh2_channel_process_startup - request a shell on a channel
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h>
int
libssh2_channel_process_startup(LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel, const char *request, unsigned int request_len, const char *message, unsigned int message_len);
int
libssh2_channel_shell(LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel);
int
libssh2_channel_exec(LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel, const char *message);
int
libssh2_channel_subsystem(LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel, const char *message);
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIchannel\fP - Active session channel instance.
\fIrequest\fP - Type of process to startup. The SSH2 protocol currently
defines shell, exec, and subsystem as standard process services.
\fIrequest_len\fP - Length of request parameter.
\fImessage\fP - Request specific message data to include.
\fImessage_len\fP - Length of message parameter.
Initiate a request on a session type channel such as returned by
.BR libssh2_channel_open_ex(3)
.SH RETURN VALUE
Return 0 on success or negative on failure. It returns
LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN when it would otherwise block. While
LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN is a negative number, it isn't really a failure per se.
.SH ERRORS
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC\fP - An internal memory allocation call failed.
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND\fP - Unable to send data on socket.
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_CHANNEL_REQUEST_DENIED\fP -
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libssh2_channel_open_ex(3)