curlglobalinit(3)             libcurl Manual             curlglobalinit(3)



NAME
       curlglobalinit - Global libcurl initialisation

SYNOPSIS
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       CURLcode curlglobalinit(long flags);;

DESCRIPTION
       This function should only be called once (no matter how many threads or
       libcurl sessions that'll  be  used)  by  every  application  that  uses
       libcurl.

       If  this function hasn't been invoked when curleasyinit(3) is called,
       it will be done automatically by libcurl.

       The flags option is a bit pattern that tells libcurl  exact  what  fea-
       tures  to  init,  as described below. Set the desired bits by ORing the
       values together.

       You must however always use  the  curlglobalcleanup(3)  function,  as
       that cannot be called automatically for you by libcurl.

       Calling  this function more than once will cause unpredictable results.


FLAGS
       CURLGLOBALAL
            Initialize everything possible. This sets all known bits.

       CURLGLOBALSL
            Initialize SL

       CURLGLOBALWIN32
            Initialize the Win32 socket libraries.

       CURLGLOBALNOTHING
            Initialise nothing extra. This sets no bit.

RETURN VALUE
       If this function returns non-zero, something went wrong and you  cannot
       use the other curl functions.

SEE ALSO
       curlglobalinitmem(3), curlglobalcleanup(3),



libcurl 7.12                      11 May 2004              curlglobalinit(3)