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CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)     curl_easy_setopt options     CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE - specify a source for random data

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

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

DESCRIPTION
       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
       Always

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was
       insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3),

libcurl 7.76.0                 November 4, 2020         CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)