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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0d7a57ba8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE.3 @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" * _ _ ____ _ +.\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | +.\" * / __| | | | |_) | | +.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ +.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| +.\" * +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, 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 +.\" * are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. +.\" * +.\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell +.\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is +.\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. +.\" * +.\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY +.\" * KIND, either express or implied. +.\" * +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" +.TH CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" +.SH NAME +CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE \- specify a source for random data +.SH SYNOPSIS +#include <gnurl/curl.h> + +CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, char *path); +.SH DESCRIPTION +Pass a char * to a zero terminated file name. The file might be used to read +from to seed the random engine for SSL and more. + +The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this +option. +.SH DEFAULT +NULL, not used +.SH PROTOCOLS +All +.SH EXAMPLE +.nf +CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); +if(curl) { + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/"); + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, "junk.txt"); + ret = curl_easy_perform(curl); + curl_easy_cleanup(curl); +} +.fi +.SH AVAILABILITY +Always +.SH RETURN VALUE +Returns CURLE_OK on success or +CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET "(3), " |