Commit a6834160 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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added an EXAMPLE section

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.\" nroff -man [file]
.\" $Id$
.\"
.TH curl_slist_append 3 "5 March 2001" "libcurl 7.0" "libcurl Manual"
.TH curl_slist_append 3 "21 Feb 2003" "libcurl 7.10.4" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl_slist_append - add a string to an slist
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH DESCRIPTION
curl_slist_append() appends a specified string to a linked list of
strings. The existing
.I list
should be passed as the first argument while the new list is returned from
this function. The specified
.I string
has been appended when this function returns.
strings. The existing \fIlist\fP should be passed as the first argument while
the new list is returned from this function. The specified \fIstring\fP has
been appended when this function returns.

The list should be freed again (after usage) with \fBcurl_slist_free_all()\fP.
.SH RETURN VALUE
A null pointer is returned if anything went wrong, otherwise the new list
pointer is returned.
.SH EXAMPLE
 CURL handle;
 curl_slist *slist=NULL;

 slist = curl_slist_append(slist, "pragma:");
 curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, slist);

 curl_easy_perform(handle);

 curl_slist_free_all(slist); /* free the list again */
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR curl_slist_free_all "(3), "
.SH BUGS
Surely there are some, you tell me!
None.