.\" $Id$ .\" .TH curl_share_init 3 "8 Aug 2003" "libcurl 7.10.7" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_share_init - Create a shared object .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include <curl/curl.h> .sp .BI "CURLSH *curl_share_init( );" .ad .SH DESCRIPTION This function returns a CURLSH handle to be used as input to all the other share-functions, sometimes refered to as a share handle on some places in the documentation. This init call MUST have a corresponding call to \fIcurl_share_cleanup\fP when all operations using the share are complete. .SH RETURN VALUE If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you got no share object to use. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR curl_share_cleanup "(3), " curl_share_setopt "(3)"