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.TH CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE 3 libcurl
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.SH NAME
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CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE \- file to read random data from
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include <curl/curl.h>
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CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, char *path);
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Deprecated option. It serves no purpose anymore.
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Pass a char pointer to a null\-terminated filename. The file might be used to
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read from to seed the random engine for SSL and more.
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The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
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option.
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.SH DEFAULT
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NULL, not used
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.SH PROTOCOLS
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All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.
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This option works only with the following TLS backends:
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OpenSSL
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.SH EXAMPLE
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int main(void)
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{
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CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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if(curl) {
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CURLcode res;
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, "junk.txt");
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res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
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curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
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}
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}
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.fi
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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Only with OpenSSL versions before 1.1.0.
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This option was deprecated in 7.84.0.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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Returns CURLE_OK on success or
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CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET (3)
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