[#EC_KEY_dup]
= EC_KEY_dup
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Creates a new EC_KEY object and copies the content from src to it.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/ec.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
[[deprecated]]
xref:EC_KEY.adoc[EC_KEY]*
EC_KEY_dup(xref:EC_KEY.adoc[EC_KEY] const* src);
----

[WARNING]
====
https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
====
== Return Value

newly created EC_KEY object or NULL if an error occurred.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *src*
| the source EC_KEY object
|===


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