curl_share_setopt(3)

curl_share_setopt3

Set options for a shared object

Usage

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLSHcode curl_share_setopt(CURLSH *share, CURLSHoption option, parameter);

Overview

Set the option to parameter for the given share.

Options

CURLSHOPT_LOCKFUNC

See CURLSHOPT_LOCKFUNC(3).

CURLSHOPT_UNLOCKFUNC

See CURLSHOPT_UNLOCKFUNC(3).

CURLSHOPT_SHARE

See CURLSHOPT_SHARE(3).

CURLSHOPT_UNSHARE

See CURLSHOPT_UNSHARE(3).

CURLSHOPT_USERDATA

See CURLSHOPT_USERDATA(3).

Protocols

This functionality affects all supported protocols

Examples

int main(void)
{
  CURLSHcode sh;
  CURLSH *share = curl_share_init();
  sh = curl_share_setopt(share, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_CONNECT);
  if(sh)
    printf("Error: %s\n", curl_share_strerror(sh));
}

Return value

CURLSHE_OK (zero) means that the option was set properly, non-zero means an error occurred as *<curl/curl.h>* defines. See the libcurl-errors(3) man page for the full list with descriptions.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.

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

Availability

Added in curl 7.10

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