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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 | 16 |
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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 |