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       Deprecated option. It serves no purpose anymore.
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16       Pass a char * to a null-terminated file name. The file might be used to
17       read from to seed the random engine for SSL and more.
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19       The application does not have to keep the string around  after  setting
20       this option.
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DEFAULT

23       NULL, not used
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PROTOCOLS

26       All
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EXAMPLE

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

38       If  built with TLS enabled. Only the OpenSSL backend will use this, and
39       only with OpenSSL versions before 1.1.0.
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41       This option was deprecated in 7.84.0.
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RETURN VALUE

44       Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was  insuf‐
45       ficient heap space.
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