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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init.3 index 0729ef787..ba15ad4e0 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init.3 @@ -11,30 +11,30 @@ curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation .BI "CURLcode curl_global_init(long " flags ");" .ad .SH DESCRIPTION -This function sets up the program environment that libcurl needs. Think -of it as an extension of the library loader. +This function sets up the program environment that libcurl needs. Think of it +as an extension of the library loader. -This function must be called at least once within a program (a program is -all the code that shares a memory space) before the program calls any other -function in libcurl. The environment it sets up is constant for the life -of the program and is the same for every program, so multiple calls have -the same effect as one call. +This function must be called at least once within a program (a program is all +the code that shares a memory space) before the program calls any other +function in libcurl. The environment it sets up is constant for the life of +the program and is the same for every program, so multiple calls have the same +effect as one call. The flags option is a bit pattern that tells libcurl exactly what features to init, as described below. Set the desired bits by ORing the values together. In normal operation, you must specify CURL_GLOBAL_ALL. Don't use any other -value unless you are familiar with and mean to control internal operations -of libcurl. +value unless you are familiar with and mean to control internal operations of +libcurl. -\fBThis function is not thread safe.\fP You must not call it when any -other thread in the program (i.e. a thread sharing the same memory) is -running. This doesn't just mean no other thread that is using -libcurl. Because \fIcurl_global_init()\fP calls functions of other -libraries that are similarly thread unsafe, it could conflict with any -other thread that uses these other libraries. +\fBThis function is not thread safe.\fP You must not call it when any other +thread in the program (i.e. a thread sharing the same memory) is running. +This doesn't just mean no other thread that is using libcurl. Because +\fIcurl_global_init()\fP calls functions of other libraries that are similarly +thread unsafe, it could conflict with any other thread that uses these other +libraries. -See the description in \fBlibcurl\fP(3) of global environment -requirements for details of how to use this function. +See the description in \fBlibcurl\fP(3) of global environment requirements for +details of how to use this function. .SH FLAGS .TP 5 |