curl/docs/curl_global_init.3
Daniel Stenberg f44f512f24 global_init() takes a flag option now, to tell libcurl what _not_ to init.
it will make it better when the application uses several libs that use
openssl and it also enables us to do the win32 winsock initing in the future
if we want to
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.TH curl_global_init 3 "28 May 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <curl/curl.h>
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.BI "CURLcode curl_global_init( " long flags " );"
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.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 should be set to zero. It will be used to tell libcurl what
specific features it should \fBnot\fP init.
You must however \fBalways\fP use the \fIcurl_global_cleanup\fP function, as
that cannot be called automatically for you by libcurl.
.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.