BN_copy Manual Page

NAME

BN_copy, BN_dup - copy BIGNUMs

SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/bn.h>

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

 BIGNUM *BN_dup(const BIGNUM *from);

DESCRIPTION

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

RETURN VALUES

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().

SEE ALSO

bignum, ERR_get_error()

HISTORY

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

Topics:

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• NOTES
• RETURN VALUES
• SEE ALSO