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curlopt_egdsocket(3)

CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET – set EGD socket path

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

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

Description

Pass a char * to the zero terminated path name to the Entropy Gathering Daemon socket. It will be used to seed the random engine for SSL.

Default

NULL

Protocols

All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3, SMTPS etc.

Example

TODO

Availability

If built TLS enabled. Only the OpenSSL and GnuTLS backends will use this.

Return Value

Returns CURLE_OK if TLS is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

See Also

CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3),