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+.TH GNURLOPT_PASSWORD 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+.SH NAME
+CURLOPT_PASSWORD \- password to use in authentication
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+#include <gnurl/curl.h>
+
+CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, char *pwd);
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the zero terminated
+password to use for the transfer.
+
+The \fICURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)\fP option should be used in conjunction with the
+\fICURLOPT_USERNAME(3)\fP option.
+
+The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
+option.
+.SH DEFAULT
+blank
+.SH PROTOCOLS
+Most
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.nf
+CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/foo.bin");
+
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "qwerty");
+
+ ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+ curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+}
+.fi
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+Added in 7.19.1
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
+CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR CURLOPT_USERPWD "(3), " CURLOPT_USERNAME "(3), "
+.BR CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH "(3), " CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH "(3)"