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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3 | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3 index 83becb608..cc14c0e59 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_version_info.3 @@ -2,17 +2,23 @@ .\" nroff -man [file] .\" $Id$ .\" -.TH curl_version_info 3 "25 Sep 2002" "libcurl 7.10" "libcurl Manual" +.TH curl_version_info 3 "30 Sep 2002" "libcurl 7.10" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_version_info - returns run-time libcurl version info .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include <curl/curl.h> .sp -.BI "curl_version_info_data *curl_version_info( );" +.BI "curl_version_info_data *curl_version_info( CURLversion "type ");" .ad .SH DESCRIPTION Returns a pointer to a filled in struct with information about various -run-time features in libcurl. +run-time features in libcurl. \fItype\fP should be set to the version of this +functionality by the time you write your program. This way, libcurl will +always return a proper struct that your program understands, while programs in +the future might get an different struct. CURLVERSION_NOW will be the most +recent one for the library you have installed: + + data = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW); Applications should use this information to judge if things are possible to do or not, instead of using compile-time checks, as dynamic/DLL libraries can be @@ -22,6 +28,7 @@ The curl_version_info_data struct looks like this .nf typedef struct { + CURLversion age; /* 0 - this kind of struct */ const char *version; /* human readable string */ unsigned int version_num; /* numeric representation */ const char *host; /* human readable string */ @@ -33,6 +40,11 @@ typedef struct { } curl_version_info_data; .fi +\fIage\fP describes what kind of struct this is. It is always 0 now. In a +future libcurl, if this struct changes, this age counter may be increased, and +then the struct for number 1 will look different (except for this first struct +field). + \fIversion\fP is just an ascii string for the libcurl version. \fIversion_num\fP is a 6 digit hexadecimal number created like this: <2 digits |