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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl-share.3 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl-share.3 index 2e58c0ba..b46eedae 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl-share.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl-share.3 @@ -1,6 +1,24 @@ -.\" You can view this file with: -.\" nroff -man [file] -.\" +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" * _ _ ____ _ +.\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | +.\" * / __| | | | |_) | | +.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ +.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| +.\" * +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, 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. +.\" * +.\" ************************************************************************** .TH libcurl-share 3 "8 Aug 2003" "libcurl 7.10.7" "libcurl share interface" .SH NAME libcurl-share \- how to use the share interface @@ -16,15 +34,16 @@ The share interface was added to enable sharing of data between curl \&"handles". .SH "ONE SET OF DATA - MANY TRANSFERS" You can have multiple easy handles share data between them. Have them update -and use the \fBsame\fP cookie database or DNS cache! This way, each single -transfer will take advantage from data updates made by the other transfer(s). +and use the \fBsame\fP cookie database, DNS cache, TLS session cache! This +way, each single transfer will take advantage from data updates made by the +other transfer(s). The sharing interface, however, does not share active or +persistent connections between different easy handles. .SH "SHARE OBJECT" You create a shared object with \fIcurl_share_init(3)\fP. It returns a handle for a newly created one. You tell the shared object what data you want it to share by using -\fIcurl_share_setopt(3)\fP. Currently you can only share DNS and/or COOKIE -data. +\fIcurl_share_setopt(3)\fP. Since you can use this share from multiple threads, and libcurl has no internal thread synchronization, you must provide mutex callbacks if you're @@ -32,14 +51,16 @@ using this multi-threaded. You set lock and unlock functions with \fIcurl_share_setopt(3)\fP too. Then, you make an easy handle to use this share, you set the -\fICURLOPT_SHARE\fP option with \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP, and pass in share -handle. You can make any number of easy handles share the same share handle. +\fICURLOPT_SHARE(3)\fP option with \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP, and pass in +share handle. You can make any number of easy handles share the same share +handle. To make an easy handle stop using that particular share, you set -\fICURLOPT_SHARE\fP to NULL for that easy handle. To make a handle stop +\fICURLOPT_SHARE(3)\fP to NULL for that easy handle. To make a handle stop sharing a particular data, you can \fICURLSHOPT_UNSHARE\fP it. When you're done using the share, make sure that no easy handle is still using it, and call \fIcurl_share_cleanup(3)\fP on the handle. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR curl_share_init "(3), " curl_share_setopt "(3), " curl_share_cleanup "(3)" +.BR libcurl-errors "(3), " libcurl-easy "(3), " libcurl-multi "(3) " |