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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2009-04-17 12:55:09 +0000
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2009-04-17 12:55:09 +0000
commit7356ff0b184a1a6e500e664af67ffd6828126bb6 (patch)
tree7bee94d62f9b4e4f66658901e3a21a37294994d6 /docs
parent30f7a2ff20deea9b9950c54ec17c7ea9f7c77866 (diff)
As Jeff Pohlmeyer suggested: "pointer to 'char *'" is now instead put:
"pointer to a char pointer".
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.316
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3
index 63aea1b84..afb087084 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ explicitly mentioned below.
.SH AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The following information can be extracted:
.IP CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL
-Pass a pointer to a 'char *' to receive the last used effective URL.
+Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the last used effective URL.
.IP CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE
Pass a pointer to a long to receive the last received HTTP or FTP code. This
option was known as CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE in libcurl 7.10.7 and earlier. This
@@ -140,15 +140,15 @@ if the size isn't known.
Pass a pointer to a double to receive the specified size of the upload. Since
7.19.4, this returns -1 if the size isn't known.
.IP CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE
-Pass a pointer to a 'char *' to receive the content-type of the downloaded
+Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the content-type of the downloaded
object. This is the value read from the Content-Type: field. If you get NULL,
it means that the server didn't send a valid Content-Type header or that the
protocol used doesn't support this.
.IP CURLINFO_PRIVATE
-Pass a pointer to a 'char *' to receive the pointer to the private data
+Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the pointer to the private data
associated with the curl handle (set with the CURLOPT_PRIVATE option to
\fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP). Please note that for internal reasons, the
-value is returned as a 'char *', although effectively being a 'void *'.
+value is returned as a char pointer, although effectively being a 'void *'.
(Added in 7.10.3)
.IP CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL
Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the authentication
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ libcurl close the socket and cleanup other resources associated with the
handle. This is typically used in combination with \fICURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY\fP.
(Added in 7.15.2)
.IP CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH
-Pass a pointer to a 'char *' to receive a pointer to a string holding the path
-of the entry path. That is the initial path libcurl ended up in when logging
-on to the remote FTP server. This stores a NULL as pointer if something is
-wrong. (Added in 7.15.4)
+Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive a pointer to a string holding the
+path of the entry path. That is the initial path libcurl ended up in when
+logging on to the remote FTP server. This stores a NULL as pointer if
+something is wrong. (Added in 7.15.4)
.IP CURLINFO_CERTINFO
Pass a pointer to a 'struct curl_certinfo *' and you'll get it set to point to
struct that holds a number of linked lists with info about the certificate