libssh2_channel_process_startup(3)
NAME
libssh2_channel_process_startup - request a shell on a channel
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 *mes- sage); int libssh2_channel_subsystem(LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel, const char *message);
DESCRIPTION
channel - Active session channel instance.
request - Type of process to startup. The SSH2 protocol currently
defines shell, exec, and subsystem as standard process services.
request_len - Length of request parameter.
message - Request specific message data to include.
message_len - Length of message parameter.
Initiate a request on a session type channel such as returned by libssh2_channel_open_ex(3)
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.
ERRORS
LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC - An internal memory allocation call failed.
LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND - Unable to send data on socket.
LIBSSH2_ERROR_CHANNEL_REQUEST_DENIED