33 lines
1.3 KiB
Groff
33 lines
1.3 KiB
Groff
.\" $Id: curl_easy_init.3,v 1.9 2006/01/15 23:55:53 bagder Exp $
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.TH curl_easy_init 3 "4 March 2002" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl Manual"
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.SH NAME
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curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <curl/curl.h>
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.BI "CURL *curl_easy_init( );"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL easy
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handle that you must use as input to other easy-functions. curl_easy_init
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initializes curl and this call \fBMUST\fP have a corresponding call to
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\fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP when the operation is complete.
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If you did not already call \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP,
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\fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP does it automatically.
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This may be lethal in multi-threaded cases, since \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP is
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not thread-safe, and it may result in resource problems because there is
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no corresponding cleanup.
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You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behaviour, by
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calling \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP yourself properly.
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See the description in \fBlibcurl\fP(3) of global environment
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requirements for details of how to use this function.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the
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other curl functions.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR curl_easy_cleanup "(3), " curl_global_init "(3), " curl_easy_reset "(3)"
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