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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init.3 index f84454324..1bd6f4552 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_init.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2021, 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 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .\" * KIND, either express or implied. .\" * .\" ************************************************************************** -.TH curl_global_init 3 "November 04, 2020" "libcurl 7.78.0" "libcurl Manual" +.TH curl_global_init 3 "October 31, 2021" "libcurl 7.80.0" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation @@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ effect as one call. The flags option is a bit pattern that tells libcurl exactly what features to init, as described below. Set the desired bits by ORing the values together. -In normal operation, you must specify CURL_GLOBAL_ALL. Don't use any other -value unless you are familiar with it and mean to control internal operations of -libcurl. +In normal operation, you must specify CURL_GLOBAL_ALL. Do not use any other +value unless you are familiar with it and mean to control internal operations +of libcurl. \fBThis function is not thread safe.\fP You must not call it when any other thread in the program (i.e. a thread sharing the same memory) is running. -This doesn't just mean no other thread that is using libcurl. Because +This does not just mean no other thread that is using libcurl. Because \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP calls functions of other libraries that are similarly thread unsafe, it could conflict with any other thread that uses these other libraries. @@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ This bit has no point since 7.69.0 but its behavior is instead the default. Before 7.69.0: when this flag is set, curl will acknowledge EINTR condition when connecting or when waiting for data. Otherwise, curl waits until full timeout elapses. (Added in 7.30.0) +.SH EXAMPLE +.nf + curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT); + + /* use libcurl, then before exiting... */ + + curl_global_cleanup(); +.fi +.SH AVAILABILITY +Added in 7.8 .SH RETURN VALUE If this function returns non-zero, something went wrong and you cannot use the other curl functions. |