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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER.3')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER.3 index b64a2a394..71cce945b 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER.3 @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER \- set error buffer for error messages CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, char *buf); .SH DESCRIPTION -Pass a char * to a buffer that the libcurl may store human readable error -messages in on failures or problems. This may be more helpful than just the +Pass a char * to a buffer that libcurl \fBmay\fP store human readable error +messages on failures or problems. This may be more helpful than just the return code from \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP and related functions. The buffer \fBmust be at least CURL_ERROR_SIZE bytes big\fP. @@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ it. Failing to do so will cause very odd behavior or even crashes. libcurl will need it until you call \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP or you set the same option again to use a different pointer. +Do not rely on the contents of the buffer unless an error code was returned. +Since 7.60.0 libcurl will initialize the contents of the error buffer to an +empty string before performing the transfer. For earlier versions if an error +code was returned but there was no error detail then the buffer is untouched. + Consider \fICURLOPT_VERBOSE(3)\fP and \fICURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3)\fP to better debug and trace why errors happen. - -If the library does not return an error, the buffer may not have been -touched. Do not rely on the contents in those cases. .SH DEFAULT NULL .SH PROTOCOLS |