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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/curl_global_init.3 | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/curl/curl.h | 12 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl_global_init.3 b/docs/curl_global_init.3 index 228cd4c5e..26b50e643 100644 --- a/docs/curl_global_init.3 +++ b/docs/curl_global_init.3 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include <curl/curl.h> .sp -.BI "CURLcode curl_global_init(void);" +.BI "CURLcode curl_global_init( " long flags " );" .ad .SH DESCRIPTION This function should be called once (no matter how many threads or libcurl @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ 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 diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h index 42b2826e8..54d6ae3da 100644 --- a/include/curl/curl.h +++ b/include/curl/curl.h @@ -492,8 +492,18 @@ char *curl_version(void); char *curl_escape(char *string, int length); char *curl_unescape(char *string, int length); +/* curl_global_init() should be invoked exactly once for each application that + uses libcurl */ +CURLcode curl_global_init(long flags); + +/* curl_global_cleanup() should be invoked exactly once for each application + that uses libcurl */ +void curl_global_cleanup(void); + + + /* This is the version number */ -#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.7.4-pre2" +#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.7.4-pre3" #define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070704 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */ |