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Commit 8539e76c authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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CURLOPT_FILE and CURLOPT_INFILE have better aliases now:

CURLOPT_WRITEDATA and CURLOPT_READDATA
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......@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The \fIhandle\fP is the return code from a \fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP or
.SH OPTIONS
The options are listed in a sort of random order, but you'll figure it out!
.TP 0.4i
.B CURLOPT_FILE
.B CURLOPT_WRITEDATA
Data pointer to pass to the file write function. Note that if you specify the
\fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION\fP, this is the pointer you'll get as input. If you
don't use a callback, you must pass a 'FILE *' as libcurl will pass this to
......@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ fwrite() when writing data.
\fBNOTE:\fP If you're using libcurl as a win32 DLL, you MUST use the
\fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION\fP if you set this option or you will experience
crashes.
This option is also known with the older name \fBCURLOPT_FILE\fP.
.TP
.B CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION
Function pointer that should match the following prototype: \fBsize_t
......@@ -63,13 +65,15 @@ you cannot possibly make any assumptions. It may be one byte, it may be
thousands. The maximum amount of data that can be passed to the write callback
is defined in the curl.h header file: CURL_MAX_WRITE_SIZE.
.TP
.B CURLOPT_INFILE
.B CURLOPT_READDATA
Data pointer to pass to the file read function. Note that if you specify the
\fICURLOPT_READFUNCTION\fP, this is the pointer you'll get as input. If you
don't specify a read callback, this must be a valid FILE *.
\fBNOTE:\fP If you're using libcurl as a win32 DLL, you MUST use a
\fICURLOPT_READFUNCTION\fP if you set this option.
This option is also known with the older name \fBCURLOPT_INFILE\fP.
.TP
.B CURLOPT_READFUNCTION
Function pointer that should match the following prototype: \fBsize_t
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