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author | Ulf Möller <ulf@openssl.org> | 2000-02-20 21:00:22 +0000 |
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committer | Ulf Möller <ulf@openssl.org> | 2000-02-20 21:00:22 +0000 |
commit | 9f7b1b24e2a94efbe2cdf61ed614780f72d67899 (patch) | |
tree | 2fd8dd84be2601c2d0cd0241a6b6a60e999d0037 /doc/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod | |
parent | 4ec19e203c7ad918c1fb61dfdf92042bca113238 (diff) |
Document OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
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diff --git a/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod b/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c8d9e86830 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER, SSLeay - Get OpenSSL version number + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include <openssl/opensslv.h> + #define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER 0xnnnnnnnnnL + + #include <openssl/crypto.h> + long SSLeay(void); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER is a numeric release version identifier: + + MMNNFFRBB major minor fix final beta/patch + +for example + + 0x000904100 == 0.9.4 release + 0x000905000 == 0.9.5 dev + +Versions prior to 0.9.3 have identifiers E<lt> 0x0930. +For backward compatibility, SSLEAY_VERSION_NUMBER is also defined. + +SSLeay() returns this number. The return value can be compared to the +macro to make sure that the correct version of the library has been +loaded, especially when using DLLs on Windows systems. + +=head1 RETURN VALUE + +The version number. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<crypto(3)|crypto(3)> + +=head1 HISTORY + +SSLeay() and SSLEAY_VERSION_NUMBER are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. +OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER is available in all versions of OpenSSL. + +=cut |