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| .TH curl_global_init 3 "14 August 2001" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B #include <curl/curl.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "CURLcode curl_global_init(long " flags ");" |
| .ad |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This function should be called once (no matter how many threads or libcurl |
| sessions that'll be used) by every application that uses libcurl. |
| |
| If this function hasn't been invoked when \fIcurl_easy_init\fP is called, it |
| will be done automatically by libcurl. |
| |
| The flags option is a bit pattern that tells libcurl exact what features to |
| init, as described below. Set the desired bits by ORing the values together. |
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| You must however \fBalways\fP use the \fIcurl_global_cleanup\fP function, as |
| that cannot be called automatically for you by libcurl. |
| |
| This function was added in libcurl 7.8. |
| .SH FLAGS |
| .TP 5 |
| .B CURL_GLOBAL_ALL |
| Initialize everything possible. This sets all known bits. |
| .TP |
| .B CURL_GLOBAL_SSL |
| Initialize SSL |
| .TP |
| .B CURL_GLOBAL_WIN32 |
| Initialize the Win32 socket libraries. (added in libcurl 7.8.1) |
| .TP |
| .B CURL_GLOBAL_NOTHING |
| Initialise nothing extra. This sets no bit. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| If this function returns non-zero, something went wrong and you cannot use the |
| other curl functions. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR curl_global_cleanup "(3), " |
| .SH BUGS |
| None. |
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