curl_multi_strerror(3)

curl_multi_strerror3

Return string describing error code

Usage

#include <curl/curl.h>
const char *curl_multi_strerror(CURLMcode errornum);

Overview

This function returns a string describing the CURLMcode error code passed in the argument errornum.

Protocols

This functionality affects all supported protocols

Examples

int main(void)
{
  int still_running;
  CURLM *multi = curl_multi_init();
  CURLMcode mresult = curl_multi_perform(multi, &still_running);
  if(mresult)
    printf("error: %s\n", curl_multi_strerror(mresult));
}

Return value

A pointer to a null-terminated string.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 4.0–5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7–8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13
  9. Arch

Availability

Added in curl 7.12.0

From curl 8.23.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.