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| .TH curl_multi_init 3 "1 March 2002" "libcurl" "libcurl" |
| .SH NAME |
| curl_multi_init - create a multi handle |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| #include <curl/curl.h> |
| |
| CURLM *curl_multi_init(); |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This function returns a pointer to a \fICURLM\fP handle to be used as input to |
| all the other multi-functions, sometimes referred to as a multi handle in some |
| places in the documentation. This init call MUST have a corresponding call to |
| \fIcurl_multi_cleanup(3)\fP when the operation is complete. |
| .SH EXAMPLE |
| .nf |
| /* init a multi stack */ |
| multi_handle = curl_multi_init(); |
| |
| /* add individual transfers */ |
| curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, http_handle); |
| curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, http_handle2); |
| .fi |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| Added in 7.9.6 |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the |
| other curl functions. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR curl_multi_cleanup (3), |
| .BR curl_multi_add_handle (3), |
| .BR curl_multi_get_handles (3), |
| .BR curl_global_init (3), |
| .BR curl_easy_init (3) |
| |
