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diff --git a/docs/examples/simple.c b/docs/examples/simple.c
index 351cf729..1912ce66 100644
--- a/docs/examples/simple.c
+++ b/docs/examples/simple.c
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
-/*****************************************************************************
+/***************************************************************************
* _ _ ____ _
* Project ___| | | | _ \| |
* / __| | | | |_) | |
* | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
* \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
*
- */
-
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ *
+ * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+ * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+ * are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
+ *
+ * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
@@ -18,7 +30,15 @@ int main(void)
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
+ /* example.com is redirected, so we tell libcurl to follow redirection */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
+
+ /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+ /* Check for errors */
+ if(res != CURLE_OK)
+ fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+ curl_easy_strerror(res));
/* always cleanup */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);