CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3) Library Functions Manual 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
Deprecated option. It serves no purpose anymore.
Pass a char pointer to a null-terminated filename. 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 TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.
This option works only with the following TLS backends: OpenSSL
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, "junk.txt");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Only with OpenSSL versions before 1.1.0.
This option was deprecated in 7.84.0.
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was
insufficient heap space.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3)
libcurl March 28 2024 CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)
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