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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2002-11-14 09:54:10 +0000
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2002-11-14 09:54:10 +0000
commitf3875048f69a1b2cd40b356e307ca772789afc4e (patch)
treeb5e55a18bb16ac94135db3dcb85febdbf55b51ee /docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
parent210af986ad90d416b078e9dc595ffc16b76bcb51 (diff)
clarified that strings need to be kept around until the handle is closed or
until the pointers are set to another value
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
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.