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libcurl is free, thread-safe, IPv6 compatible, feature rich, well
supported and fast.
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curl
A command line tool for getting or sending files using URL syntax.
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(Provided by Andrew Francis)
+ When building an application that uses the static libcurl library, you must
+ add -DCURL_STATICLIB to your CFLAGS. Otherwise the linker will look for
+ dynamic import symbols. If you get linker error like "unknown symbol
+ __imp__curl_easy_init ..." you have linked against the wrong (static) library.
+ If you want to use the curl.dll and import lib, you don't need any extra CFLAGS,
+ but use one of the import libraries below. These are the libraries produced by
+ the various lib/Makefile.* files:
+
+ Target: static lib. import lib for curl*.dll.
+ --------------------------------------------------------
+ MingW: libcurl.a libcurldll.a
+ MSVC (release): libcurl.lib libcurl_imp.lib
+ MSVC (debug): libcurld.lib libcurld_imp.lib
+ Borland: libcurl.lib libcurl_imp.lib
+
+
5.8 libcurl.so.3: open failed: No such file or directory
This is an error message you might get when you try to run a program linked