NAME

CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETDATA - pointer passed to the socket close callback

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETDATA,


                          void *pointer);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer that remains untouched by libcurl and passed as the first argument in the closesocket callback set with CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETFUNCTION(3).

DEFAULT

NULL

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

struct priv {


  void *custom;
};
static int closesocket(void *clientp, curl_socket_t item)
{


  struct priv *my = clientp;


  printf("our ptr: %p\n", my->custom);


  printf("libcurl wants to close %d now\n", (int)item);


  return 0;
}
int main(void)
{


  struct priv myown;


  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();


  /* call this function to close sockets */


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETFUNCTION, closesocket);


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETDATA, &myown);


  curl_easy_perform(curl);


  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.21.7

RETURN VALUE

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).