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CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)              libcurl             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 * to a null-terminated file name. 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


EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, "junk.txt");
         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 on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was
       insufficient heap space.


SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3),

ibcurl 8.1.2                    April 26, 2023          CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)

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