- I went over the curl_easy_setopt man page and replaced most references to

non-zero with the fixed value of 1. We should strive at making options
  support '1' for enabling them mentioned explicitly, as that then will allow
  us for to extend them in the future without breaking older programs.
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Changelog
Daniel Stenberg (23 Jul 2008)
- I went over the curl_easy_setopt man page and replaced most references to
non-zero with the fixed value of 1. We should strive at making options
support '1' for enabling them mentioned explicitly, as that then will allow
us for to extend them in the future without breaking older programs.
Possibly we should even introduce a fancy define to use instead of '1' all
over...
Yang Tse (21 Jul 2008)
- Use the sreadfrom() wrapper to replace recvfrom() in our code.

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@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The \fIhandle\fP is the return code from a \fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP or
\fIcurl_easy_duphandle(3)\fP call.
.SH BEHAVIOR OPTIONS
.IP CURLOPT_VERBOSE
Set the parameter to non-zero to get the library to display a lot of verbose
Set the parameter to 1 to get the library to display a lot of verbose
information about its operations. Very useful for libcurl and/or protocol
debugging and understanding. The verbose information will be sent to stderr,
or the stream set with \fICURLOPT_STDERR\fP.
@ -65,17 +65,17 @@ You hardly ever want this set in production use, you will almost always want
this when you debug/report problems. Another neat option for debugging is the
\fICURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION\fP.
.IP CURLOPT_HEADER
A non-zero parameter tells the library to include the header in the body
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to include the header in the body
output. This is only relevant for protocols that actually have headers
preceding the data (like HTTP).
.IP CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS
A non-zero parameter tells the library to shut off the built-in progress meter
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to shut off the built-in progress meter
completely.
Future versions of libcurl is likely to not have any built-in progress meter
at all.
.IP CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL
Pass a long. If it is non-zero, libcurl will not use any functions that
Pass a long. If it is 1, libcurl will not use any functions that
install signal handlers or any functions that cause signals to be sent to the
process. This option is mainly here to allow multi-threaded unix applications
to still set/use all timeout options etc, without risking getting signals.
@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ rewind a stream when doing a HTTP PUT or POST with a multi-pass authentication
method. The function shall work like "fseek" or "lseek" and accepted SEEK_SET,
SEEK_CUR and SEEK_END as argument for origin, although (in 7.18.0) libcurl
only passes SEEK_SET. The callback must return 0 on success as returning
non-zero will cause the upload operation to fail.
something else will cause the upload operation to fail.
If you forward the input arguments directly to "fseek" or "lseek", note that
the data type for \fIoffset\fP is not the same as defined for curl_off_t on
@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ touched. Do not rely on the contents in those cases.
Pass a FILE * as parameter. Tell libcurl to use this stream instead of stderr
when showing the progress meter and displaying \fICURLOPT_VERBOSE\fP data.
.IP CURLOPT_FAILONERROR
A non-zero parameter tells the library to fail silently if the HTTP code
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to fail silently if the HTTP code
returned is equal to or larger than 400. The default action would be to return
the page normally, ignoring that code.
@ -473,12 +473,12 @@ this are \fICURLPROXY_HTTP\fP, \fICURLPROXY_SOCKS4\fP (added in 7.15.2),
\fICURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME\fP (added in 7.18.0). The HTTP type is
default. (Added in 7.10)
.IP CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL
Set the parameter to non-zero to get the library to tunnel all operations
through a given HTTP proxy. There is a big difference between using a proxy
and to tunnel through it. If you don't know what this means, you probably
don't want this tunneling option.
Set the parameter to 1 to make the library tunnel all operations through a
given HTTP proxy. There is a big difference between using a proxy and to
tunnel through it. If you don't know what this means, you probably don't want
this tunneling option.
.IP CURLOPT_SOCKS5_RESOLVE_LOCAL
Set the parameter to 1 to get the library to resolve the host name locally
Set the parameter to 1 to make the library to resolve the host name locally
instead of passing it to the proxy to resolve, when using a SOCKS5 proxy.
Note that libcurl before 7.18.0 always resolved the host name locally even
@ -495,10 +495,10 @@ set. Note that port numbers are only valid 1 - 65535. (Added in 7.15.2)
.IP CURLOPT_LOCALPORTRANGE
Pass a long. This is the number of attempts libcurl should do to find a
working local port number. It starts with the given \fICURLOPT_LOCALPORT\fP
and adds one to the number for each retry. Setting this value to 1 or below
will make libcurl do only one try for exact port number. Note that port
numbers by nature is a scarce resource that will be busy at times so setting
this value to something too low might cause unnecessary connection setup
and adds one to the number for each retry. Setting this to 1 or below will
make libcurl do only one try for the exact port number. Note that port numbers
by nature are scarce resources that will be busy at times so setting this
value to something too low might cause unnecessary connection setup
failures. (Added in 7.15.2)
.IP CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT
Pass a long, this sets the timeout in seconds. Name resolves will be kept in
@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ name server information unless explicitly told so (by for example calling
if DHCP has updated the server info, and this may look like a DNS cache issue
to the casual libcurl-app user.
.IP CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE
Pass a long. If the value is non-zero, it tells curl to use a global DNS cache
Pass a long. If the value is 1, it tells curl to use a global DNS cache
that will survive between easy handle creations and deletions. This is not
thread-safe and this will use a global variable.
@ -560,11 +560,11 @@ parameter.
Pass a long, set to one of the values described below.
.RS
.IP CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL
The use of your \fI~/.netrc\fP file is optional,
and information in the URL is to be preferred. The file will be scanned
with the host and user name (to find the password only) or with the host only,
to find the first user name and password after that \fImachine\fP,
which ever information is not specified in the URL.
The use of your \fI~/.netrc\fP file is optional, and information in the URL is
to be preferred. The file will be scanned with the host and user name (to
find the password only) or with the host only, to find the first user name and
password after that \fImachine\fP, which ever information is not specified in
the URL.
Undefined values of the option will have this effect.
.IP CURL_NETRC_IGNORED
@ -572,9 +572,8 @@ The library will ignore the file and use only the information in the URL.
This is the default.
.IP CURL_NETRC_REQUIRED
This value tells the library that use of the file is required,
to ignore the information in the URL,
and to search the file with the host only.
This value tells the library that use of the file is required, to ignore the
information in the URL, and to search the file with the host only.
.RE
Only machine name, user name and password are taken into account
(init macros and similar things aren't supported).
@ -659,24 +658,23 @@ bitmask can be constructed by or'ing together the bits listed above for the
work. (Added in 7.10.7)
.SH HTTP OPTIONS
.IP CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER
Pass a non-zero parameter to enable this. When enabled, libcurl will
Pass a parameter set to 1 to enable this. When enabled, libcurl will
automatically set the Referer: field in requests where it follows a Location:
redirect.
.IP CURLOPT_ENCODING
Sets the contents of the Accept-Encoding: header sent in an HTTP
request, and enables decoding of a response when a Content-Encoding:
header is received. Three encodings are supported: \fIidentity\fP,
which does nothing, \fIdeflate\fP which requests the server to
compress its response using the zlib algorithm, and \fIgzip\fP which
requests the gzip algorithm. If a zero-length string is set, then an
Accept-Encoding: header containing all supported encodings is sent.
Sets the contents of the Accept-Encoding: header sent in an HTTP request, and
enables decoding of a response when a Content-Encoding: header is received.
Three encodings are supported: \fIidentity\fP, which does nothing,
\fIdeflate\fP which requests the server to compress its response using the
zlib algorithm, and \fIgzip\fP which requests the gzip algorithm. If a
zero-length string is set, then an Accept-Encoding: header containing all
supported encodings is sent.
This is a request, not an order; the server may or may not do it. This
option must be set (to any non-NULL value) or else any unsolicited
encoding done by the server is ignored. See the special file
lib/README.encoding for details.
This is a request, not an order; the server may or may not do it. This option
must be set (to any non-NULL value) or else any unsolicited encoding done by
the server is ignored. See the special file lib/README.encoding for details.
.IP CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION
A non-zero parameter tells the library to follow any Location: header that the
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to follow any Location: header that the
server sends as part of an HTTP header.
This means that the library will re-send the same request on the new location
@ -684,7 +682,7 @@ and follow new Location: headers all the way until no more such headers are
returned. \fICURLOPT_MAXREDIRS\fP can be used to limit the number of redirects
libcurl will follow.
.IP CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH
A non-zero parameter tells the library it can continue to send authentication
A parameter set to 1 tells the library it can continue to send authentication
(user+password) when following locations, even when hostname changed. This
option is meaningful only when setting \fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION\fP.
.IP CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS
@ -695,20 +693,20 @@ redirections have been followed, the next redirect will cause an error
Setting the limit to 0 will make libcurl refuse any redirect. Set it to -1 for
an infinite number of redirects (which is the default)
.IP CURLOPT_POST301
A non-zero parameter tells the library to respect RFC 2616/10.3.2 and not
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to respect RFC 2616/10.3.2 and not
convert POST requests into GET requests when following a 301 redirection. The
non-RFC behaviour is ubiquitous in web browsers, so the library does the
conversion by default to maintain consistency. However, a server may requires
a POST to remain a POST after such a redirection. This option is meaningful
only when setting \fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION\fP. (Added in 7.17.1)
.IP CURLOPT_PUT
A non-zero parameter tells the library to use HTTP PUT to transfer data. The
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to use HTTP PUT to transfer data. The
data should be set with \fICURLOPT_READDATA\fP and \fICURLOPT_INFILESIZE\fP.
This option is deprecated and starting with version 7.12.1 you should instead
use \fICURLOPT_UPLOAD\fP.
.IP CURLOPT_POST
A non-zero parameter tells the library to do a regular HTTP post. This will
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to do a regular HTTP post. This will
also make the library use the a "Content-Type:
application/x-www-form-urlencoded" header. (This is by far the most commonly
used POST method).
@ -738,7 +736,7 @@ adding a header like "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" with
\fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER\fP. With HTTP 1.0 or without chunked transfer, you must
specify the size in the request.
When setting \fICURLOPT_POST\fP to a non-zero value, it will automatically set
When setting \fICURLOPT_POST\fP to 1, it will automatically set
\fICURLOPT_NOBODY\fP to 0 (since 7.14.1).
If you issue a POST request and then want to make a HEAD or GET using the same
@ -900,12 +898,12 @@ error for this. Using \fICURLOPT_VERBOSE\fP or \fICURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION\fP
will get a warning to display, but that is the only visible feedback you get
about this possibly lethal situation.
.IP CURLOPT_COOKIESESSION
Pass a long set to non-zero to mark this as a new cookie "session". It will
force libcurl to ignore all cookies it is about to load that are "session
cookies" from the previous session. By default, libcurl always stores and
loads all cookies, independent if they are session cookies are not. Session
cookies are cookies without expiry date and they are meant to be alive and
existing for this "session" only.
Pass a long set to 1 to mark this as a new cookie "session". It will force
libcurl to ignore all cookies it is about to load that are "session cookies"
from the previous session. By default, libcurl always stores and loads all
cookies, independent if they are session cookies are not. Session cookies are
cookies without expiry date and they are meant to be alive and existing for
this "session" only.
.IP CURLOPT_COOKIELIST
Pass a char * to a cookie string. Cookie can be either in Netscape / Mozilla
format or just regular HTTP-style header (Set-Cookie: ...) format. If cURL
@ -916,12 +914,12 @@ by cURL. (Added in 7.15.4) Passing the special string \&"FLUSH" will write
all cookies known by cURL to the file specified by \fICURLOPT_COOKIEJAR\fP.
(Added in 7.17.1)
.IP CURLOPT_HTTPGET
Pass a long. If the long is non-zero, this forces the HTTP request to get back
Pass a long. If the long is 1, this forces the HTTP request to get back
to GET. usable if a POST, HEAD, PUT or a custom request have been used
previously using the same curl handle.
When setting \fICURLOPT_HTTPGET\fP to a non-zero value, it will automatically
set \fICURLOPT_NOBODY\fP to 0 (since 7.14.1).
When setting \fICURLOPT_HTTPGET\fP to 1, it will automatically set
\fICURLOPT_NOBODY\fP to 0 (since 7.14.1).
.IP CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION
Pass a long, set to one of the values described below. They force libcurl to
use the specific HTTP versions. This is not sensible to do unless you have a
@ -984,10 +982,10 @@ Pass a pointer to a linked list of FTP commands to pass to the server after
the transfer type is set. The linked list should be a fully valid list of
struct curl_slist structs properly filled in as described for
\fICURLOPT_QUOTE\fP. Disable this operation again by setting a NULL to this
option. Before version 7.15.6, if you also set \fICURLOPT_NOBODY\fP non-zero,
this option didn't work.
option. Before version 7.15.6, if you also set \fICURLOPT_NOBODY\fP to 1, this
option didn't work.
.IP CURLOPT_DIRLISTONLY
A non-zero parameter tells the library to just list the names of files in a
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to just list the names of files in a
directory, instead of doing a full directory listing that would include file
sizes, dates etc. This works for FTP and SFTP URLs.
@ -997,12 +995,12 @@ might not include subdirectories and symbolic links.
(This option was known as CURLOPT_FTPLISTONLY up to 7.16.4)
.IP CURLOPT_APPEND
A non-zero parameter tells the library to append to the remote file instead of
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to append to the remote file instead of
overwrite it. This is only useful when uploading to an ftp site.
(This option was known as CURLOPT_FTPAPPEND up to 7.16.4)
.IP CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPRT
Pass a long. If the value is non-zero, it tells curl to use the EPRT (and
Pass a long. If the value is 1, it tells curl to use the EPRT (and
LPRT) command when doing active FTP downloads (which is enabled by
\fICURLOPT_FTPPORT\fP). Using EPRT means that it will first attempt to use
EPRT and then LPRT before using PORT, but if you pass FALSE (zero) to this
@ -1010,14 +1008,14 @@ option, it will not try using EPRT or LPRT, only plain PORT. (Added in 7.10.5)
If the server is an IPv6 host, this option will have no effect as of 7.12.3.
.IP CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPSV
Pass a long. If the value is non-zero, it tells curl to use the EPSV command
Pass a long. If the value is 1, it tells curl to use the EPSV command
when doing passive FTP downloads (which it always does by default). Using EPSV
means that it will first attempt to use EPSV before using PASV, but if you
pass FALSE (zero) to this option, it will not try using EPSV, only plain PASV.
If the server is an IPv6 host, this option will have no effect as of 7.12.3.
.IP CURLOPT_FTP_CREATE_MISSING_DIRS
Pass a long. If the value is non-zero, curl will attempt to create any remote
Pass a long. If the value is 1, curl will attempt to create any remote
directory that it fails to CWD into. CWD is the command that changes working
directory. (Added in 7.10.7)
@ -1040,11 +1038,11 @@ fails. This is currently only known to be required when connecting to
Tumbleweed's Secure Transport FTPS server using client certificates for
authentication. (Added in 7.15.5)
.IP CURLOPT_FTP_SKIP_PASV_IP
Pass a long. If set to a non-zero value, it instructs libcurl to not use the
IP address the server suggests in its 227-response to libcurl's PASV command
when libcurl connects the data connection. Instead libcurl will re-use the
same IP address it already uses for the control connection. But it will use
the port number from the 227-response. (Added in 7.14.2)
Pass a long. If set to 1, it instructs libcurl to not use the IP address the
server suggests in its 227-response to libcurl's PASV command when libcurl
connects the data connection. Instead libcurl will re-use the same IP address
it already uses for the control connection. But it will use the port number
from the 227-response. (Added in 7.14.2)
This option has no effect if PORT, EPRT or EPSV is used instead of PASV.
.IP CURLOPT_USE_SSL
@ -1113,7 +1111,7 @@ compliant than 'nocwd' but without the full penalty of 'multicwd'.
.RE
.SH PROTOCOL OPTIONS
.IP CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT
A non-zero parameter tells the library to use ASCII mode for ftp transfers,
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to use ASCII mode for ftp transfers,
instead of the default binary transfer. For win32 systems it does not set the
stdout to binary mode. This option can be usable when transferring text data
between systems with different views on certain characters, such as newlines
@ -1125,10 +1123,10 @@ simply sets the mode to ascii and performs a standard transfer.
.IP CURLOPT_PROXY_TRANSFER_MODE
Pass a long. If the value is set to 1 (one), it tells libcurl to set the
transfer mode (binary or ASCII) for FTP transfers done via an HTTP proxy, by
appending ;type=a or ;type=i to the URL. Without this setting, or it being
set to 0 (zero, the default), \fICURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT\fP has no effect when
doing FTP via a proxy. Beware that not all proxies support this feature.
(Added in 7.18.0)
appending ;type=a or ;type=i to the URL. Without this setting, or it being set
to 0 (zero, the default), \fICURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT\fP has no effect when doing
FTP via a proxy. Beware that not all proxies support this feature. (Added in
7.18.0)
.IP CURLOPT_CRLF
Convert Unix newlines to CRLF newlines on transfers.
.IP CURLOPT_RANGE
@ -1173,13 +1171,13 @@ possibly confuse the remote server badly. Use \fICURLOPT_POST\fP and
replace or extend the set of headers sent by libcurl. Use
\fICURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION\fP to change HTTP version.
.IP CURLOPT_FILETIME
Pass a long. If it is a non-zero value, libcurl will attempt to get the
modification date of the remote document in this operation. This requires that
the remote server sends the time or replies to a time querying command. The
Pass a long. If it is 1, libcurl will attempt to get the modification date of
the remote document in this operation. This requires that the remote server
sends the time or replies to a time querying command. The
\fIcurl_easy_getinfo(3)\fP function with the \fICURLINFO_FILETIME\fP argument
can be used after a transfer to extract the received time (if any).
.IP CURLOPT_NOBODY
A non-zero parameter tells the library to not include the body-part in the
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to not include the body-part in the
output. This is only relevant for protocols that have separate header and body
parts. On HTTP(S) servers, this will make libcurl do a HEAD request.
@ -1205,7 +1203,7 @@ For uploading using SCP, this option or \fICURLOPT_INFILESIZE\fP is mandatory.
Note that this option does not limit how much data libcurl will actually send,
as that is controlled entirely by what the read callback returns.
.IP CURLOPT_UPLOAD
A non-zero parameter tells the library to prepare for an upload. The
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to prepare for an upload. The
\fICURLOPT_READDATA\fP and \fICURLOPT_INFILESIZE\fP or
\fICURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE\fP options are also interesting for uploads. If
the protocol is HTTP, uploading means using the PUT request unless you tell
@ -1301,14 +1299,14 @@ the \fICURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS\fP option.
.IP CURLOPT_CLOSEPOLICY
(Obsolete) This option does nothing.
.IP CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT
Pass a long. Set to non-zero to make the next transfer use a new (fresh)
connection by force. If the connection cache is full before this connection,
one of the existing connections will be closed as according to the selected or
default policy. This option should be used with caution and only if you
understand what it does. Set this to 0 to have libcurl attempt re-using an
existing connection (default behavior).
Pass a long. Set to 1 to make the next transfer use a new (fresh) connection
by force. If the connection cache is full before this connection, one of the
existing connections will be closed as according to the selected or default
policy. This option should be used with caution and only if you understand
what it does. Set this to 0 to have libcurl attempt re-using an existing
connection (default behavior).
.IP CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE
Pass a long. Set to non-zero to make the next transfer explicitly close the
Pass a long. Set to 1 to make the next transfer explicitly close the
connection when done. Normally, libcurl keep all connections alive when done
with one transfer in case there comes a succeeding one that can re-use them.
This option should be used with caution and only if you understand what it
@ -1340,8 +1338,8 @@ Resolve to ipv4 addresses.
Resolve to ipv6 addresses.
.RE
.IP CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY
Pass a long. A non-zero parameter tells the library to perform any required
proxy authentication and connection setup, but no data transfer.
Pass a long. If the parameter equals 1, it tells the library to perform all
the required proxy authentication and connection setup, but no data transfer.
This option is useful with the \fICURLINFO_LASTSOCKET\fP option to
\fIcurl_easy_getinfo(3)\fP. The library can set up the connection and then the
@ -1416,26 +1414,25 @@ Force SSLv3
.IP CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER
Pass a long as parameter.
This option determines whether curl verifies the authenticity of the
peer's certificate. A nonzero value means curl verifies; zero means it
doesn't. The default is nonzero, but before 7.10, it was zero.
This option determines whether curl verifies the authenticity of the peer's
certificate. A value of 1 means curl verifies; zero means it doesn't. The
default is nonzero, but before 7.10, it was zero.
When negotiating an SSL connection, the server sends a certificate
indicating its identity. Curl verifies whether the certificate is
authentic, i.e. that you can trust that the server is who the
certificate says it is. This trust is based on a chain of digital
signatures, rooted in certification authority (CA) certificates you
supply. As of 7.10, curl installs a default bundle of CA certificates
and you can specify alternate certificates with the
When negotiating an SSL connection, the server sends a certificate indicating
its identity. Curl verifies whether the certificate is authentic, i.e. that
you can trust that the server is who the certificate says it is. This trust
is based on a chain of digital signatures, rooted in certification authority
(CA) certificates you supply. As of 7.10, curl installs a default bundle of
CA certificates and you can specify alternate certificates with the
\fICURLOPT_CAINFO\fP option or the \fICURLOPT_CAPATH\fP option.
When \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER\fP is nonzero, and the verification
fails to prove that the certificate is authentic, the connection
fails. When the option is zero, the connection succeeds regardless.
When \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER\fP is nonzero, and the verification fails to
prove that the certificate is authentic, the connection fails. When the
option is zero, the connection succeeds regardless.
Authenticating the certificate is not by itself very useful. You
typically want to ensure that the server, as authentically identified
by its certificate, is the server you mean to be talking to. Use
Authenticating the certificate is not by itself very useful. You typically
want to ensure that the server, as authentically identified by its
certificate, is the server you mean to be talking to. Use
\fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST\fP to control that.
.IP CURLOPT_CAINFO
Pass a char * to a zero terminated string naming a file holding one or more