From 7751756636a786bcbe3ae543cec9318370ddeea3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 11:04:58 +0000
Subject: CURL_GLOBAL_WIN32 updates

---
 docs/curl_easy_init.3 | 10 ++++++----
 docs/libcurl.3        |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'docs')

diff --git a/docs/curl_easy_init.3 b/docs/curl_easy_init.3
index 60dd336f4..5c4a8c122 100644
--- a/docs/curl_easy_init.3
+++ b/docs/curl_easy_init.3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" nroff -man [file]
 .\" $Id$
 .\"
-.TH curl_easy_init 3 "5 March 2001" "libcurl 7.7" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_easy_init 3 "14 August 2001" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl Manual"
 .SH NAME
 curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl session
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ intializes curl and this call MUST have a corresponding call to
 .I curl_easy_cleanup
 when the operation is complete.
 
-On win32 systems, you need to init the winsock stuff manually, libcurl will
-not do that for you. WSAStartup() and WSACleanup() should be used accordingly.
+On win32 systems, if you want to init the winsock stuff manually, libcurl will
+not do that for you. WSAStartup() and WSACleanup() should then be called
+accordingly.  If you want libcurl to handle this, use the CURL_GLOBAL_WIN32
+flag in the initial curl_global_init() call.
 
 Using libcurl 7.7 and later, you should perform all your sequential file
 transfers using the same curl handle. This enables libcurl to use persistant
@@ -27,6 +29,6 @@ connections where possible.
 If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the
 other curl functions.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR curl_easy_cleanup "(3), "
+.BR curl_easy_cleanup "(3), " curl_global_init "(3)
 .SH BUGS
 Surely there are some, you tell me!
diff --git a/docs/libcurl.3 b/docs/libcurl.3
index 72cc3bde1..445ee73eb 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl.3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" nroff -man [file]
 .\" $Id$
 .\"
-.TH libcurl 5 "28 May 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl overview"
+.TH libcurl 5 "14 August 2001" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl overview"
 .SH NAME
 libcurl \- client-side URL transfers
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ 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 as if users of the cygwin environment get this done
-automatically.
+automatically, also libcurl 7.8.1 and later can handle this for you.
 .SH "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
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