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Deprecated Keychain Manager Functions

A function identified as deprecated has been superseded and may become unsupported in the future.

Deprecated in Mac OS X v10.5

KCMakeKCRefFromFSSpec

Creates a keychain reference from a file specification record. (Deprecated in Mac OS X v10.5.)

Not Recommended

OSStatus KCMakeKCRefFromFSSpec (
   FSSpec *keychainFSSpec,
   KCRef *keychain
);

Parameters

keychainFSSpec

A pointer to a keychain file specification record.

keychain

On return, a pointer to a reference to the keychain specified by the file in the keychainFSSpec parameter.

Return Value

A result code. See “Keychain Manager Result Codes.”

Special Considerations

When you are finished with a keychain, you should call the function KCReleaseKeychain to deallocate its memory. You should not use the keychain after its memory has been deallocated.

Version Notes

Available beginning with KeychainLib 2.0.

Availability

• Available in CarbonLib 1.1 and later when KeychainLib 2.0 or later is present.
• Available in Mac OS X 10.0 and later.
• Deprecated in Mac OS X v10.5.
• Not available to 64-bit applications.

Carbon Porting Notes

Use the SecKeychainOpen function in Keychain Services instead. If the keychain doesn’t exist, use the SecKeychainCreate function in Keychain Services.

Declared In

KeychainCore.h

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