moved the libcurl init call

src/main.c

@@ -1440,12 +1440,10 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
   curl_memdebug("memdump");
 #endif
 
+  main_init(); /* inits winsock crap for windows */
+
   config->showerror=TRUE;
   config->conf=CONF_DEFAULT;
-#if 0
-  config->crlf=FALSE;
-  config->quote=NULL;
-#endif
 
   if(argc>1 &&
      (!strnequal("--", argv[1], 2) && (argv[1][0] == '-')) &&
@@ -1454,9 +1452,6 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
      * The first flag, that is not a verbose name, but a shortname
      * and it includes the 'q' flag!
      */
-#if 0
-    fprintf(stderr, "I TURNED OFF THE CRAP\n");
-#endif
     ;
   }
   else {
@@ -1536,6 +1531,15 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
   else
     allocuseragent = TRUE;
 
+  /*
+   * Get a curl handle to use for all forthcoming curl transfers.  Cleanup
+   * when all transfers are done. This is supported with libcurl 7.7 and
+   * should not be attempted on previous versions.
+   */
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(!curl)
+    return CURLE_FAILED_INIT;
+
   urlnode = config->url_list;
 
   /* loop through the list of given URLs */
@@ -1721,10 +1725,6 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
 
-      main_init();
-
-      curl = curl_easy_init();
-      if(curl) {
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FILE, (FILE *)&outs); /* where to store */
       /* what call to write: */
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, my_fwrite);
@@ -1826,16 +1826,8 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
         ourWriteOut(curl, config->writeout);
       }
         
-        /* always cleanup */
-        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
-        
       if((res!=CURLE_OK) && config->showerror)
         fprintf(config->errors, "curl: (%d) %s\n", res, errorbuffer);
-      }
-      else
-        fprintf(config->errors, "curl: failed to init libcurl!\n");
-
-      main_free();
 
       if((config->errors != stderr) &&
          (config->errors != stdout))
@@ -1883,6 +1875,11 @@ operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, char *argv[])
   if(allocuseragent)
     free(config->useragent);
 
+  /* cleanup the curl handle! */
+  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+
+  main_free(); /* cleanup the winsock stuff for windows */
+
   return res;
 }