CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3)

1CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3)       curl_easy_setopt options       CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET - set EGD socket path
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET, char *path);
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DESCRIPTION

14       Pass a char * to the null-terminated path name to the Entropy Gathering
15       Daemon socket. It will be used to seed the random engine for SSL.
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17       The application does not have to keep the string around  after  setting
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DEFAULT

21       NULL
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PROTOCOLS

24       All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.
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EXAMPLE

27       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
28       if(curl) {
29         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
30         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET, "/var/egd.socket");
31         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
32         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
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AVAILABILITY

36       If  built  TLS  enabled.  Only the OpenSSL and GnuTLS backends will use
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RETURN VALUE

40       Returns CURLE_OK if TLS is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if  not,  or
41       CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
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