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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2002-03-19 09:31:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2002-03-19 09:31:05 +0000 |
| commit | b8a0fb1dfe314b207351f8b4501a57c6bf982020 (patch) | |
| tree | 30bd5738384e279dfe42e13dfab611cd9d2e34e4 /docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 | |
| parent | e65993bccbecaf42ce6dd61a187bc7414fc08a0f (diff) | |
| download | curl-b8a0fb1dfe314b207351f8b4501a57c6bf982020.tar.gz | |
point out that this describes the easy interface and also make a more
general statement about language bindings
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 index 16af69845..8ecf1b2c3 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" nroff -man [file] .\" $Id$ .\" -.TH libcurl 5 "14 August 2001" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl overview" +.TH libcurl 5 "19 March 2001" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl overview" .SH NAME libcurl \- client-side URL transfers .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ specific man pages for each function mentioned in here. There's also the libcurl-the-guide document for a complete tutorial to programming with libcurl. -libcurl can also be used directly from within your Java, PHP, Perl, Ruby or -Tcl programs as well, look elsewhere for documentation on this! +There are a dozen custom bindings that bring libcurl access to your favourite +language. Look elsewhere for documentation on those. All applications that use libcurl should call \fIcurl_global_init()\fP exactly once before any libcurl function can be used. After all usage of libcurl is complete, it \fBmust\fP call \fIcurl_global_cleanup()\fP. In between those two calls, you can use libcurl as described below. -When using libcurl you init your session and get a handle, which you use as -input to the following interface functions you use. Use \fIcurl_easy_init()\fP -to get the handle. +When using libcurl's "easy" interface you init your session and get a handle, +which you use as input to the easy interface functions you use. Use +\fIcurl_easy_init()\fP to get the handle. You continue by setting all the options you want in the upcoming transfer, most important among them is the URL itself (you can't transfer anything |