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-rw-r--r--docs/curl_easy_setopt.39
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/LIBCURL b/docs/LIBCURL
index d2b85bc78..97884b481 100644
--- a/docs/LIBCURL
+++ b/docs/LIBCURL
@@ -58,9 +58,16 @@ Portability
you to init the winsock stuff before you use the libcurl functions. Details
on this are noted on the curl_easy_init() man page.
- (*) = it appears users of the cygwin environment gets this done
+ (*) = it appears as if users of the cygwin environment get this done
automatically.
+Threads
+
+ Never *ever* call curl-functions simultaneously using the same handle from
+ several threads. libcurl is thread-safe and can be used in any number of
+ threads, but you must use separate curl handles if you want to use libcurl in
+ more than one thread simultaneously.
+
Persistant Connections
With libcurl 7.7, persistant connections were added. Persistant connections
diff --git a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 23cd0b415..ef91d2d3d 100644
--- a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\" nroff -man [file]
.\" Written by daniel@haxx.se
.\"
-.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "6 March 2001" "libcurl 7.5" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "12 March 2001" "libcurl 7.7" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl_easy_setopt - Set curl easy-session options
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ NOTE: strings passed to libcurl as 'char *' arguments, will not be copied by
the library. Instead you should keep them available until libcurl no longer
needs them. Failing to do so will cause very odd behaviour or even crashes.
+More note: the options set with this function call are valid for the
+forthcoming data transfers that are performed when you invoke
+.I curl_easy_perform .
+The options are not in any way reset between transfers, so if you want
+subsequent transfers with different options, you must change them between the
+transfers.
+
The
.I "handle"
is the return code from the