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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

curl_easy_strerror (3)

Name

curl_easy_strerror - return string describing error code

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

const char *curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode errornum);

Description

curl_easy_strerror(3)           libcurl Manual           curl_easy_strerror(3)



NAME
       curl_easy_strerror - return string describing error code

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       const char *curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode errornum);

DESCRIPTION
       The  curl_easy_strerror(3)  function  returns  a  string describing the
       CURLcode error code passed in the argument errornum.

       Typically applications also appreciate CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3) for  more
       specific error descriptions generated at runtime.

EXAMPLE
         /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         /* Check for errors */
         if(res != CURLE_OK)
           fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
                   curl_easy_strerror(res));

AVAILABILITY
       This function was added in libcurl 7.12.0

RETURN VALUE
       A pointer to a null-terminated string.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | web/curl         |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       libcurl-errors(3),    curl_multi_strerror(3),   curl_share_strerror(3),
       curl_url_strerror(3)



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source      was      downloaded       from        https://curl.se/down-
       load/curl-7.83.1.tar.bz2.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://curl.haxx.se/.



libcurl 7.83.1                  March 29, 2022           curl_easy_strerror(3)