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17.Dd $Mdocdate: December 20 2022 $
18.Dt BIO_DUMP 3
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm BIO_dump ,
22.Nm BIO_dump_indent ,
23.Nm BIO_dump_fp ,
24.Nm BIO_dump_indent_fp
25.\" intentionally undocumented because nothing uses these two functions:
26.\" .Nm BIO_dump_cb
27.\" .Nm BIO_dump_indent_cb
28.Nd hexadecimal printout of arbitrary byte arrays
29.Sh SYNOPSIS
30.In openssl/bio.h
31.Ft int
32.Fo BIO_dump
33.Fa "BIO *b"
34.Fa "const char *s"
35.Fa "int len"
36.Fc
37.Ft int
38.Fo BIO_dump_indent
39.Fa "BIO *b"
40.Fa "const char *s"
41.Fa "int len"
42.Fa "int indent"
43.Fc
44.Ft int
45.Fo BIO_dump_fp
46.Fa "FILE *fp"
47.Fa "const char *s"
48.Fa "int len"
49.Fc
50.Ft int
51.Fo BIO_dump_indent_fp
52.Fa "FILE *fp"
53.Fa "const char *s"
54.Fa "int len"
55.Fa "int indent"
56.Fc
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58.Fn BIO_dump
59prints
60.Fa len
61bytes starting at
62.Fa s
63to
64.Fa bio
65in hexadecimal format.
66.Pp
67The first column of output contains the index, in the byte array starting at
68.Fa s ,
69of the first byte shown on the respective output line, expressed as a
70four-digit hexadecimal number starting at 0000, followed by a dash.
71After the dash, sixteen bytes of data are printed as two-digit
72hexadecimal numbers, respecting the order in which they appear in
73the array
74.Fa s .
75Another dash is printed after the eighth column.
76.Pp
77To the right of the hexadecimal representation of the bytes,
78the same bytes are printed again, this time as ASCII characters.
79Non-printable ASCII characters are replaced with dots.
80.Pp
81Trailing space characters and NUL bytes are omitted from the main table.
82If there are any, an additional line is printed, consisting of the
83.Fa len
84argument as a four-digit hexadecimal number, a dash, and the fixed string
85.Qq <SPACES/NULS> .
86.Pp
87.Fn BIO_dump_indent
88is similar except that
89.Fa indent
90space characters are prepended to each output line.
91If
92.Fa indent
93is 7 or more, the number of data columns is reduced such that the
94total width of the output does not exceed 79 characters per line.
95.Pp
96.Fn BIO_dump_fp
97and
98.Fn BIO_dump_indent_fp
99are similar except that
100.Xr fwrite 3
101is used instead of
102.Xr BIO_write 3 .
103.Sh RETURN VALUES
104On success these functions return the total number of bytes written by
105.Xr BIO_write 3
106or
107.Xr fwrite 3 .
108If a failure occurs at any point when writing, these
109functions will stop after having potentially written out partial results,
110and return -1.
111.Sh SEE ALSO
112.Xr hexdump 1 ,
113.Xr BIO_new 3 ,
114.Xr BIO_write 3
115.Sh HISTORY
116.Fn BIO_dump
117first appeared in SSLeay 0.6.5 and has been available since
118.Ox 2.4 .
119.Pp
120.Fn BIO_dump_indent
121first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.6 and has been available since
122.Ox 2.9 .
123.Pp
124.Fn BIO_dump_fp
125and
126.Fn BIO_dump_indent_fp
127first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.8 and have been available since
128.Ox 4.5 .
129