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NAME
       encrypt — encoding function (CRYPT)


SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       void encrypt(char block[64], int edflag);


DESCRIPTION
       The  encrypt()  function  shall  provide  access to an implementation-defined encoding algorithm. The key
       generated by setkey() is used to encrypt the string block with encrypt().

       The block argument to encrypt() shall be an array of length 64  bytes  containing  only  the  bytes  with
       values  of  0 and 1. The array is modified in place to a similar array using the key set by setkey().  If
       edflag is 0, the argument is encoded. If edflag is 1, the argument may be decoded  (see  the  APPLICATION
       USAGE section); if the argument is not decoded, errno shall be set to [ENOSYS].

       The  encrypt()  function  shall  not change the setting of errno if successful. An application wishing to
       check for error situations should set errno to 0 before calling  encrypt().   If  errno  is  non-zero  on
       return, an error has occurred.

       The encrypt() function need not be thread-safe.


RETURN VALUE
       The encrypt() function shall not return a value.


ERRORS
       The encrypt() function shall fail if:

       ENOSYS The functionality is not supported on this implementation.

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
       None.


APPLICATION USAGE
       Historical implementations of the encrypt() function used a rather primitive encoding algorithm.

       In  some environments, decoding might not be implemented. This is related to some Government restrictions
       on encryption and decryption routines. Historical practice has been to ship a different  version  of  the
       encryption  library without the decryption feature in the routines supplied. Thus the exported version of
       encrypt() does encoding but not decoding.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       A future version of the standard may mark this interface as obsolete or remove it altogether.


SEE ALSO
       crypt(), setkey()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <unistd.h>


       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for  Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group Base
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