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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 index c121941d3..422d56f29 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ further reading on how to do programming with libcurl. There exist more than a dozen custom bindings that bring libcurl access to your favourite language. Look elsewhere for documentation on those. -All applications that use libcurl should call \fIcurl_global_init()\fP exactly -once before any libcurl function can be used. After all usage of libcurl is -complete, it \fBmust\fP call \fIcurl_global_cleanup()\fP. In between those two -calls, you can use libcurl as described below. +All applications that use libcurl should call \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP +exactly once before any libcurl function can be used. After all usage of +libcurl is complete, it \fBmust\fP call \fIcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP. In +between those two calls, you can use libcurl as described below. To transfer files, you always set up an "easy handle" using -\fIcurl_easy_init()\fP, but when you want the file(s) transfered you have the +\fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP, but when you want the file(s) transfered you have the option of using the "easy" interface, or the "multi" interface. The easy interface is a synchronous interface with which you call @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ get information about a performed transfer helps building a HTTP form POST .TP .B curl_formfree() -free a list built with curl_formparse()/curl_formadd() +free a list built with \fIcurl_formadd(3)\fP .TP .B curl_slist_append() builds a linked list @@ -107,15 +107,15 @@ Persistent connections means that libcurl can re-use the same connection for several transfers, if the conditions are right. libcurl will *always* attempt to use persistent connections. Whenever you use -\fIcurl_easy_perform()\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform()\fP, libcurl will attempt -to use an existing connection to do the transfer, and if none exists it'll -open a new one that will be subject for re-use on a possible following call to -\fIcurl_easy_perform()\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform()\fP. +\fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP, libcurl will +attempt to use an existing connection to do the transfer, and if none exists +it'll open a new one that will be subject for re-use on a possible following +call to \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP. To allow libcurl to take full advantage of persistent connections, you should do as many of your file transfers as possible using the same curl handle. When -you call \fIcurl_easy_cleanup()\fP, all the possibly open connections held by +you call \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP, all the possibly open connections held by libcurl will be closed and forgotten. -Note that the options set with \fIcurl_easy_setopt()\fP will be used in on -every repeated \fIcurl_easy_perform()\fP call. +Note that the options set with \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP will be used in on +every repeated \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP call. |