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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 index 75a370367..d8a3f9fcf 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2007, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2011, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -37,8 +37,15 @@ This will effectively close all connections this handle has used and possibly has kept open until now. Don't call this function if you intend to transfer more files. -Any uses of the \fBhandle\fP after this function has been called are -illegal. This kills the handle and all memory associated with it! +Occasionally you may get your progress callback or header callback called from +within \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP (if previously set for the handle using +\fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP). Like if libcurl decides to shut down the +connection and the protocol is of a kind that requires a command/response +sequence before disconnect. Examples of such protocols are FTP, POP3 and IMAP. + +Any uses of the \fBhandle\fP after this function has been called and have +returned, are illegal. This kills the handle and all memory associated with +it! With libcurl versions prior to 7.17.: when you've called this, you can safely remove all the strings you've previously told libcurl to use, as it won't use |