multi interface using examples

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+/*
+ * This is a simple example using the multi interface.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+/* somewhat unix-specific */
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* To start with, we include the header from the lib directory. This should
+   later of course be moved to the proper include dir. */
+#include "../lib/multi.h"
+
+/*
+ * Simply download two HTTP files!
+ */
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  CURL *http_handle;
+  CURL *http_handle2;
+  CURLM *multi_handle;
+
+  int still_running; /* keep number of running handles */
+
+  http_handle = curl_easy_init();
+  http_handle2 = curl_easy_init();
+
+  /* set options */
+  curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.haxx.se/");
+
+  /* set options */
+  curl_easy_setopt(http_handle2, CURLOPT_URL, "http://localhost/");
+
+  /* init a multi stack */
+  multi_handle = curl_multi_init();
+
+  /* add the individual transfers */
+  curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, http_handle);
+  curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, http_handle2);
+
+  /* we start some action by calling perform right away */
+  while(CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM ==
+        curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running));
+
+  while(still_running) {
+    struct timeval timeout;
+    int rc; /* select() return code */
+
+    fd_set fdread;
+    fd_set fdwrite;
+    fd_set fdexcep;
+    int maxfd;
+
+    FD_ZERO(&fdread);
+    FD_ZERO(&fdwrite);
+    FD_ZERO(&fdexcep);
+
+    /* set a suitable timeout to play around with */
+    timeout.tv_sec = 1;
+    timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+
+    /* get file descriptors from the transfers */
+    curl_multi_fdset(multi_handle, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &maxfd);
+
+    rc = select(maxfd+1, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &timeout);
+
+    switch(rc) {
+    case -1:
+      /* select error */
+      break;
+    case 0:
+    default:
+      /* timeout or readable/writable sockets */
+      curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  curl_multi_cleanup(multi_handle);
+
+  curl_easy_cleanup(http_handle);
+  curl_easy_cleanup(http_handle2);
+
+  return 0;
+}