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-.TH CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+.TH CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE 3 "May 31, 2017" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE \- file name to read .netrc info from
.SH SYNOPSIS
file. If this option is omitted, and \fICURLOPT_NETRC(3)\fP is set, libcurl
will attempt to find a .netrc file in the current user's home
directory.
+
+The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
+option.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL
.SH PROTOCOLS
All
.SH EXAMPLE
-TODO
+.nf
+CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+ CURLcode ret;
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/");
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE, "/tmp/magic-netrc");
+ ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+}
+.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.10.9
.SH RETURN VALUE