openssl-info

(1ssl)

print OpenSSL built-in information

User commands 10 optionsopenssl 3.5.6-1~deb13u2

openssl info [-help] [-configdir] [-enginesdir] [-modulesdir ] [-dsoext] [-dirnamesep] [-listsep] [-seeds] [-cpusettings] [-windowscontext]

Options

-help

Print out a usage message.

-configdir

Outputs the default directory for OpenSSL configuration files.

-enginesdir

Outputs the default directory for OpenSSL engine modules.

-modulesdir

Outputs the default directory for OpenSSL dynamically loadable modules other than engine modules.

-dsoext

Outputs the DSO extension OpenSSL uses.

-dirnamesep

Outputs the separator character between a directory specification and a filename. Note that on some operating systems, this is not the same as the separator between directory elements.

-listsep

Outputs the OpenSSL list separator character. This is typically used to construct $PATH ("%PATH%" on Windows) style lists.

-seeds

Outputs the randomness seed sources.

-cpusettings

Outputs the OpenSSL CPU settings info.

-windowscontext

Outputs the Windows install context.

DESCRIPTION

This command is used to print out information about OpenSSL. The information is written exactly as it is with no extra text, which makes useful for scripts.

As a consequence, only one item may be chosen for each run of this command.

HISTORY

This command was added in OpenSSL 3.0.

The -windowscontext option was added in OpenSSL 3.4.

COPYRIGHT

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.