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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9ca11d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3 @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +.\" You can view this file with: +.\" nroff -man [file] +.\" +.TH curl_global_cleanup 3 "17 Feb 2006" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual" +.SH NAME +curl_global_cleanup - global libcurl cleanup +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B #include <curl/curl.h> +.sp +.BI "void curl_global_cleanup(void);" +.ad +.SH DESCRIPTION +This function releases resources acquired by \fBcurl_global_init(3)\fP. + +You should call \fIcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP once for each call you make to +\fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP, after you are done using libcurl. + +\fBThis function is not thread safe.\fP You must not call it when any other +thread in the program (i.e. a thread sharing the same memory) is running. +This doesn't just mean no other thread that is using libcurl. Because +\fBcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP calls functions of other libraries that are +similarly thread unsafe, it could conflict with any other thread that uses +these other libraries. + +See the description in \fBlibcurl(3)\fP of global environment requirements for +details of how to use this function. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR curl_global_init "(3), " +.BR libcurl "(3), " + |