CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)

1CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)     curl_easy_setopt options     CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE - specify a source for random data
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode   curl_easy_setopt(CURL   *handle,  CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE,  char
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DESCRIPTION

15       Pass a char * to a zero terminated file name. The file might be used to
16       read from to seed the random engine for SSL and more.
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18       The  application  does not have to keep the string around after setting
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DEFAULT

22       NULL, not used
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PROTOCOLS

25       All
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EXAMPLE

28       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
29       if(curl) {
30         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
31         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, "junk.txt");
32         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
33         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
34       }
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AVAILABILITY

37       Always
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RETURN VALUE

40       Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was  insuf‐
41       ficient heap space.
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