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+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+NCONF_new_ex, NCONF_new, NCONF_free, NCONF_default, NCONF_load
+- functionality to Load and parse configuration files manually
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ #include <openssl/conf.h>
+
+ CONF *NCONF_new_ex(OPENSSL_CTX *libctx, CONF_METHOD *meth);
+ CONF *NCONF_new(CONF_METHOD *meth);
+ void NCONF_free(CONF *conf);
+ CONF_METHOD *NCONF_default(void);
+ int NCONF_load(CONF *conf, const char *file, long *eline);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+NCONF_new_ex() creates a new CONF object in heap memory and assigns to
+it a context I<libctx> that can be used during loading. If the method table
+I<meth> is set to NULL then the default value of NCONF_default() is used.
+
+NCONF_new() is similar to NCONF_new_ex() but sets the I<libctx> to NULL.
+
+NCONF_free() frees the data associated with I<conf> and then frees the I<conf>
+object.
+
+NCONF_load() parses the file named I<filename> and adds the values found to
+I<conf>. If an error occurs I<file> and I<eline> list the file and line that
+the load failed on if they are not NULL.
+
+NCONF_default() gets the default method table for processing a configuration file.
+
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+NCONF_load() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
+
+NCONF_new_ex() and NCONF_new() return a newly created I<CONF> object
+or NULL if an error occurs.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<CONF_modules_load_file(3)>,
+
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+NCONF_new_ex() was added in OpenSSL 3.0.
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright 2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+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
+L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
+
+=cut