point out that calling this function more than once is a sever error

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.TH curl_global_init 3 "14 August 2001" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl Manual"

.TH curl_global_init 3 "13 Nov 2001" "libcurl 7.9.1" "libcurl Manual"

.SH NAME

curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation

.SH SYNOPSIS

.BI "CURLcode curl_global_init(long " flags ");"

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.SH DESCRIPTION

This function should be called once (no matter how many threads or libcurl

sessions that'll be used) by every application that uses libcurl.

This function should only be called once (no matter how many threads or

libcurl sessions that'll be used) by every application that uses libcurl.

If this function hasn't been invoked when \fIcurl_easy_init\fP is called, it

will be done automatically by libcurl.

You must however \fBalways\fP use the \fIcurl_global_cleanup\fP function, as

that cannot be called automatically for you by libcurl.

Calling this function more than once will cause unpredictable results.

This function was added in libcurl 7.8.

.SH FLAGS

.TP 5