curl_global_init

curl_global_init(3)		libcurl Manual		  curl_global_init(3)



NAME
       curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_global_init(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 curl_easy_init(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	curl_global_cleanup(3)	function,  as
       that cannot be called automatically for you by libcurl.

       Calling this function more than once will cause unpredictable results.


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

       CURL_GLOBAL_SSL
	    Initialize SSL

       CURL_GLOBAL_WIN32
	    Initialize the Win32 socket libraries.

       CURL_GLOBAL_NOTHING
	    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
       curl_global_init_mem(3), curl_global_cleanup(3),



libcurl 7.12			 11 May 2004		  curl_global_init(3)