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set a private pointer added to the internal libcurl hash table for the particular socket passed in to this function.
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60 lines
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.TH curl_global_init 3 "11 May 2004" "libcurl 7.12" "libcurl Manual"
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.SH NAME
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curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <curl/curl.h>
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.sp
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.BI "CURLcode curl_global_init(long " flags ");"
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.ad
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function sets up the program environment that libcurl needs. Think of it
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as an extension of the library loader.
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This function must be called at least once within a program (a program is all
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the code that shares a memory space) before the program calls any other
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function in libcurl. The environment it sets up is constant for the life of
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the program and is the same for every program, so multiple calls have the same
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effect as one call.
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The flags option is a bit pattern that tells libcurl exactly what features to
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init, as described below. Set the desired bits by ORing the values together.
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In normal operation, you must specify CURL_GLOBAL_ALL. Don't use any other
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value unless you are familiar with and mean to control internal operations of
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libcurl.
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\fBThis function is not thread safe.\fP You must not call it when any other
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thread in the program (i.e. a thread sharing the same memory) is running.
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This doesn't just mean no other thread that is using libcurl. Because
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\fIcurl_global_init()\fP calls functions of other libraries that are similarly
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thread unsafe, it could conflict with any other thread that uses these other
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libraries.
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See the description in \fBlibcurl\fP(3) of global environment requirements for
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details of how to use this function.
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.SH FLAGS
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.TP 5
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.B CURL_GLOBAL_ALL
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Initialize everything possible. This sets all known bits.
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.TP
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.B CURL_GLOBAL_SSL
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Initialize SSL
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.TP
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.B CURL_GLOBAL_WIN32
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Initialize the Win32 socket libraries.
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.TP
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.B CURL_GLOBAL_NOTHING
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Initialise nothing extra. This sets no bit.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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If this function returns non-zero, something went wrong and you cannot use the
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other curl functions.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR curl_global_init_mem "(3), "
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.BR curl_global_cleanup "(3), "
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.BR curl_easy_init "(3) "
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.BR libcurl "(3) "
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