curl_global_cleanup - global libcurl cleanup
#include <curl/curl.h> void curl_global_cleanup(void);
curl_global_cleanup(3) libcurl Manual curl_global_cleanup(3)
NAME
curl_global_cleanup - global libcurl cleanup
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
void curl_global_cleanup(void);
DESCRIPTION
This function releases resources acquired by curl_global_init(3).
You should call curl_global_cleanup(3) once for each call you make to
curl_global_init(3), after you are done using libcurl.
This function is not thread safe. You must not call it when any other
thread in the program (i.e. a thread sharing the same memory) is run-
ning. This does not just mean no other thread that is using libcurl.
Because curl_global_cleanup(3) calls functions of other libraries that
are similarly thread unsafe, it could conflict with any other thread
that uses these other libraries.
See the description in libcurl(3) of global environment requirements
for details of how to use this function.
CAUTION
curl_global_cleanup(3) does not block waiting for any libcurl-created
threads to terminate (such as threads used for name resolving). If a
module containing libcurl is dynamically unloaded while libcurl-created
threads are still running then your program may crash or other corrup-
tion may occur. We recommend you do not run libcurl from any module
that may be unloaded dynamically. This behavior may be addressed in the
future.
EXAMPLE
curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
/* use libcurl, then before exiting... */
curl_global_cleanup();
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.8
RETURN VALUE
None
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | web/curl |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
curl_global_init(3), libcurl(3), libcurl-thread(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 November 26, 2021 curl_global_cleanup(3)