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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2002-11-14 09:54:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2002-11-14 09:54:10 +0000 |
| commit | f3875048f69a1b2cd40b356e307ca772789afc4e (patch) | |
| tree | b5e55a18bb16ac94135db3dcb85febdbf55b51ee | |
| parent | 210af986ad90d416b078e9dc595ffc16b76bcb51 (diff) | |
clarified that strings need to be kept around until the handle is closed or
until the pointers are set to another value
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 5 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 index eea1df27c..4026cf240 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" nroff -man [file] .\" $Id$ .\" -.TH curl_easy_cleanup 3 "4 March 2002" "libcurl 7.7" "libcurl Manual" +.TH curl_easy_cleanup 3 "13 Nov 2002" "libcurl 7.7" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_easy_cleanup - End a libcurl easy session .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ opposite of the \fIcurl_easy_init\fP function and must be called with the same This will effectively close all connections this handle has used and possibly has kept open until now. Don't call this function if you intend to transfer more files. + +When you've called this, you can safely remove all the strings you've +previously told libcurl to use, as it won't use them anymore now. .SH RETURN VALUE None .SH "SEE ALSO" diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 672d9ca36..0aff920be 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" nroff -man [file] .\" $Id$ .\" -.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "18 Sep 2002" "libcurl 7.10" "libcurl Manual" +.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "13 Nov 2002" "libcurl 7.10" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_easy_setopt - set options for a curl easy handle .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ curl_easy_setopt() calls in the setup phase. \fBNOTE:\fP strings passed to libcurl as 'char *' arguments, will not be copied by the library. Instead you should keep them available until libcurl no longer needs them. Failing to do so will cause very odd behavior or even -crashes. +crashes. libcurl will them until you call curl_easy_cleanup() or you set the +same option again to use a different pointer. \fBNOTE2:\fP options set with this function call are valid for the forthcoming data transfers that are performed when you invoke \fIcurl_easy_perform\fP. |