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-.TH curl_version 3 "5 March 2001" "libcurl 7.0" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_version 3 "February 03, 2016" "libcurl 7.59.0" "libcurl Manual"
+
.SH NAME
curl_version - returns the libcurl version string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH DESCRIPTION
Returns a human readable string with the version number of libcurl and some of
its important components (like OpenSSL version).
+
+We recommend using \fIcurl_version_info(3)\fP instead!
.SH RETURN VALUE
A pointer to a zero terminated string. The string resides in a statically
allocated buffer and must not be freed by the caller.