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.TH curl_share_init 3 "8 Aug 2003" "libcurl 7.10.7" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl_share_init - Create a shared object
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <curl/curl.h>
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.BI "CURLSH *curl_share_init( );"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
This function returns a CURLSH handle to be used as input to all the other
share-functions, sometimes refered to as a share handle on some places in the
documentation. This init call MUST have a corresponding call to
\fIcurl_share_cleanup\fP when all operations using the share are complete.
.SH RETURN VALUE
If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you got no share
object to use.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR curl_share_cleanup "(3), " curl_share_setopt "(3)"