CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)

CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3curl_easy_setopt optionCURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)

NAME

     CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE - specify a source for random data

SYNOPSIS

     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE,
     char *path);

DESCRIPTION

     Pass a char * to a zero terminated file name. 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

EXAMPLE

     CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
     if(curl) {
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, "junk.txt");
       ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
       curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
     }

AVAILABILITY

     Always

RETURN VALUE

     Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if  there
     was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

     CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3),

libcurl 7.58.0      Last change: May 31, 2017                   1