1curl_mime_filedata(3) libcurl Manual curl_mime_filedata(3)
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6 curl_mime_filedata - set a mime part's body data from a file contents
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9 #include <curl/curl.h>
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11 CURLcode curl_mime_filedata(curl_mimepart * part, const char * file‐
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15 curl_mime_filedata(3) sets a mime part's body content from the named
16 file's contents. This is an alternative to curl_mime_data(3) for set‐
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19 part is the part's to assign contents to.
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21 filename points to the nul-terminated file's path name. The pointer can
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73libcurl 7.61.1 April 17, 2018 curl_mime_filedata(3)