.Dd $Mdocdate: November 3 2016 $
.Dt I2D_PKCS7_BIO_STREAM 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm i2d_PKCS7_bio_stream
.Nd output PKCS7 structure in BER format
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In openssl/pkcs7.h
.Ft int
.Fo i2d_PKCS7_bio_stream
.Fa "BIO *out"
.Fa "PKCS7 *p7"
.Fa "BIO *data"
.Fa "int flags"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn i2d_PKCS7_bio_stream
outputs a
.Vt PKCS7
structure in BER format.
.Pp
It is otherwise identical to the function
.Xr SMIME_write_PKCS7 3 .
.Pp
This function is effectively a version of
.Xr d2i_PKCS7_bio 3
supporting streaming.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn i2d_PKCS7_bio_stream
returns 1 for success or 0 for failure.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ERR_get_error 3 ,
.Xr PEM_write_bio_PKCS7_stream 3 ,
.Xr PKCS7_decrypt 3 ,
.Xr PKCS7_encrypt 3 ,
.Xr PKCS7_sign 3 ,
.Xr PKCS7_verify 3 ,
.Xr SMIME_write_PKCS7 3
.Sh HISTORY
.Fn i2d_PKCS7_bio_stream
was added to OpenSSL 1.0.0.
.Sh BUGS
The prefix "i2d" is arguably wrong because the function outputs BER
format.