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CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3)                libcurl               CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3)


NAME

       CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET - EGD socket path


SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

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


DESCRIPTION

       Deprecated option. It serves no purpose anymore.

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

       The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
       this option.


DEFAULT

       NULL


PROTOCOLS

       All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.


EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET, "/var/egd.socket");
         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }


AVAILABILITY

       If built with TLS enabled. Only the OpenSSL backend will use this, and
       only with OpenSSL versions before 1.1.0.

       This option was deprecated in 7.84.0.


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),

ibcurl 8.1.2                    April 26, 2023            CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3)

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