- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- HISTORY
- COPYRIGHT

# NAME

openssl-info - print OpenSSL built-in information

# SYNOPSIS

openssl info [-help] [-configdir] [-modulesdir ] [-dsoext] [-dirnamesep] [-listsep] [-seeds] [-cpusettings] [-windowscontext]

# DESCRIPTION

This command is used to print out information about OpenSSL. The information is written exactly as it is with no extra text, which makes useful for scripts.

As a consequence, only one item may be chosen for each run of this command.

# OPTIONS

-help

  Print out a usage message.

-configdir

  Outputs the default directory for OpenSSL configuration files.

-modulesdir

  Outputs the default directory for OpenSSL dynamically loadable modules.

-dsoext

  Outputs the DSO extension OpenSSL uses.

-dirnamesep

  Outputs the separator character between a directory specification and a filename. Note that on some operating systems, this is not the same as the separator between directory elements.

-listsep

  Outputs the OpenSSL list separator character. This is typically used to construct `$PATH` (`%PATH%` on Windows) style lists.

-seeds

  Outputs the randomness seed sources.

-cpusettings

  Outputs the OpenSSL CPU settings info.

-windowscontext

  Outputs the Windows install context.

# HISTORY

This command was added in OpenSSL 3.0.

The -windowscontext option was added in OpenSSL 3.4.

The -enginesdir option was removed in OpenSSL 4.0.

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2019-2026 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 https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.