.\" ************************************************************************** .\" * _ _ ____ _ .\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | .\" * / __| | | | |_) | | .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * .\" * 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 .\" * are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. .\" * .\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell .\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is .\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. .\" * .\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY .\" * KIND, either express or implied. .\" * .\" ************************************************************************** .TH curl_free 3 "12 Aug 2003" "libcurl 7.10" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_free - reclaim memory that has been obtained through a libcurl call .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include <curl/curl.h> .sp .BI "void curl_free( char *" ptr " );" .ad .SH DESCRIPTION curl_free reclaims memory that has been obtained through a libcurl call. Use curl_free() instead of free() to avoid anomalies that can result from differences in memory management between your application and libcurl. .SH "SEE ALSO" .I curl_unescape(3)