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| .TH curl_easy_init 3 "26 September 2000" "Curl 7.0" "libcurl Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl "easy" session |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B #include <curl/easy.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "CURL *curl_easy_init( );" |
| .ad |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL handle |
| that you shall use as input to the other easy-functions. The init calls |
| intializes curl and this call MUST have a corresponding call to |
| .I curl_easy_cleanup |
| when the operation is complete. |
| |
| On win32 systems, you need to init the winsock stuff manually, libcurl will |
| not do that for you. WSAStartup() and WSACleanup() should be used accordingly. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the |
| other curl functions. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR curl_easy_cleanup "(3), " |
| .SH BUGS |
| Surely there are some, you tell me! |
