zmq_has(3)

# zmq_has(3) Manual Page

## NAME

zmq_has - check a ZMQ capability

## SYNOPSIS

int zmq_has (const char *capability);

## DESCRIPTION

The zmq_has() function shall report whether a specified capability is available in the library. This allows bindings and applications to probe a library directly, for transport and security options.

Capabilities shall be lowercase strings. The following capabilities are defined:

- ipc - the library supports the ipc:// protocol

- pgm - the library supports the pgm:// protocol

- tipc - the library supports the tipc:// protocol

- norm - the library supports the norm:// protocol

- curve - the library supports the CURVE security mechanism

- gssapi - the library supports the GSSAPI security mechanism

- draft - the library is built with the draft api

When this method is provided, the zmq.h header file will define ZMQ_HAS_CAPABILITIES.

## RETURN VALUE

The zmq_has() function shall return 1 if the specified capability is provided. Otherwise it shall return 0.

## AUTHORS

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