CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE - file to read random data from
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, char *path);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a char * to a null-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 insuf-
ficient heap space.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3),
libcurl 7.81.0 November 26, 2021 CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)
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