openssl/doc/crypto/BIO_f_base64.pod
Richard Levitte 8eec1389fb BIO_seed() and BIO_tell() were documented in two other documents,
which is redundant.  They are now in their own document.

Also, in the name section, all the functions described shoud be
enumerated.  This will also make it much simpler to generate softlinks
name like each function to man-pages containing the info.
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=pod
=head1 NAME
BIO_f_base64 - base64 BIO filter
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/bio.h>
#include <openssl/evp.h>
BIO_METHOD * BIO_f_base64(void);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
BIO_f_base64() returns the base64 BIO method. This is a filter
BIO that base64 encodes any data written through it and decodes
any data read through it.
Base64 BIOs do not support BIO_gets() or BIO_puts().
BIO_flush() on a base64 BIO that is being written through is
used to signal that no more data is to be encoded: this is used
to flush the final block through the BIO.
The flag BIO_FLAGS_BASE64_NO_NL can be set with BIO_set_flags()
to encode the data all on one line or expect the data to be all
on one line.
=head1 NOTES
Because of the format of base64 encoding the end of the encoded
block cannot always be reliably determined.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
BIO_f_base64() returns the base64 BIO method.
=head1 EXAMPLES
Base64 encode the string "Hello World\n" and write the result
to standard output:
BIO *bio, *b64;
char message[] = "Hello World \n";
b64 = BIO_new(BIO_f_base64());
bio = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
bio = BIO_push(b64, bio);
BIO_write(bio, message, strlen(message));
BIO_flush(bio);
BIO_free_all(bio);
Read Base64 encoded data from standard input and write the decoded
data to standard output:
BIO *bio, *b64, bio_out;
char inbuf[512];
int inlen;
char message[] = "Hello World \n";
b64 = BIO_new(BIO_f_base64());
bio = BIO_new_fp(stdin, BIO_NOCLOSE);
bio_out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
bio = BIO_push(b64, bio);
while((inlen = BIO_read(bio, inbuf, strlen(message))) > 0)
BIO_write(bio_out, inbuf, inlen);
BIO_free_all(bio);
=head1 BUGS
The ambiguity of EOF in base64 encoded data can cause additional
data following the base64 encoded block to be misinterpreted.
There should be some way of specifying a test that the BIO can perform
to reliably determine EOF (for example a MIME boundary).
=head1 SEE ALSO
TBA