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| .TH curl_easy_init 3 "4 March 2002" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B #include <curl/curl.h> |
| |
| .BI "CURL *curl_easy_init( );" |
| |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL easy |
| handle that you must use as input to other easy-functions. curl_easy_init |
| initializes curl and this call \fBMUST\fP have a corresponding call to |
| \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP when the operation is complete. |
| |
| If you did not already call \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP, |
| \fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP does it automatically. |
| This may be lethal in multi-threaded cases, since \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP is |
| not thread-safe, and it may result in resource problems because there is |
| no corresponding cleanup. |
| |
| You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behaviour, by |
| calling \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP yourself properly. |
| See the description in \fBlibcurl\fP(3) of global environment |
| requirements for details of how to use this function. |
| |
| .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), " curl_global_init "(3), " curl_easy_reset "(3)" |
