[#SHA512_Init]
= SHA512_Init
:mrdocs:

Initialize a SHA‐512 digest context (deprecated; prefer EVP_DigestInit).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/sha.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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[[deprecated]]
int
SHA512_Init(xref:SHA512_CTX.adoc[SHA512_CTX]* c);
----

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

1 on success, or 0 on failure.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *c*
| Context to initialize.
|===


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