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 - file to read random data from
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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 *path);
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DESCRIPTION

14       Pass a char * to a null-terminated file name. The file might be used to
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17       The application does not have to keep the string around  after  setting
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DEFAULT

21       NULL, not used
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PROTOCOLS

24       All
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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_RANDOM_FILE, "junk.txt");
31         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
32         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
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AVAILABILITY

36       Always
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RETURN VALUE

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