CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE3
File to read random data from
Usage
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, char *path);
Overview
Deprecated option. It serves no purpose anymore.
Pass a char pointer to a null-terminated filename. The file might be used to read from to seed the random engine for SSL and more.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.
Default
NULL, not used
Protocols
All
Examples
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, "junk.txt");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
Return value
Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
Releases
79 releases since OS X 10.10; the text changed 13 times.