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diff --git a/docs/curl_global_init.3 b/docs/curl_global_init.3 index 1879cc732..be6aeaa29 100644 --- a/docs/curl_global_init.3 +++ b/docs/curl_global_init.3 @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ .\" You can view this file with: .\" nroff -man [file] -.\" Written by daniel@haxx.se +.\" $Id$ .\" -.TH curl_global_init 3 "29 May 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual" +.TH curl_global_init 3 "31 May 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -17,13 +17,23 @@ 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. +The flags option is a bit pattern that tells libcurl exact what features to +init, as described below. Set the desired bits by ORing the values together. You must however \fBalways\fP use the \fIcurl_global_cleanup\fP function, as that cannot be called automatically for you by libcurl. This function was added in libcurl 7.8. +.SH FLAGS +.TP 5 +.B CURL_GLOBAL_ALL +Initialise everyting possible. This sets all known bits. +.TP +.B CURL_GLOBAL_SSL +Initialise SSL +.TP +.B CURL_GLOBAL_NOTHING +Initialise nothing extra. This sets no bit. .SH RETURN VALUE If this function returns non-zero, something went wrong and you cannot use the other curl functions. |