NAME¶
curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_global_init(long flags);
DESCRIPTION¶
This function sets up the program environment that libcurl needs. Think of it as
an extension of the library loader.
This function must be called at least once within a program (a program is all
the code that shares a memory space) before the program calls any other
function in libcurl. The environment it sets up is constant for the life of
the program and is the same for every program, so multiple calls have the same
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.
This function is not thread safe. 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
curl_global_init() calls functions of other libraries that are
similarly thread unsafe, it could conflict with any other thread that uses
these other libraries.
See the description in
libcurl(3) of global environment requirements for
details of how to use this function.
FLAGS¶
- CURL_GLOBAL_ALL
- Initialize everything possible. This sets all known bits except
CURL_GLOBAL_ACK_EINTR.
- CURL_GLOBAL_SSL
- Initialize SSL
- CURL_GLOBAL_WIN32
- Initialize the Win32 socket libraries.
- CURL_GLOBAL_NOTHING
- Initialise nothing extra. This sets no bit.
- CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT
- A sensible default. It will init both SSL and Win32. Right now, this
equals the functionality of the CURL_GLOBAL_ALL mask.
- CURL_GLOBAL_ACK_EINTR
- When this flag is set, curl will acknowledge EINTR condition when
connecting or when waiting for data. Otherwise, curl waits until full
timeout elapses.
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),
curl_easy_init(3) libcurl(3)