If you're using libcurl as a win32 DLL, you \fBMUST\fP use the
\fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION\fP if you set this option or you will experience
crashes.
-
-This option is also known with the older name \fICURLOPT_FILE\fP, the name
-\fICURLOPT_WRITEDATA\fP was introduced in 7.9.7.
.SH DEFAULT
By default, this is a FILE * to stdout.
.SH PROTOCOLS
is used to point to a struct or the buffer to store data in. Like in the
getinmemory example: http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/getinmemory.html
.SH AVAILABILITY
-Available in all libcurl versions
+Available in all libcurl versions. This option was formerly known as
+\fICURLOPT_FILE\fP, the name \fICURLOPT_WRITEDATA\fP was introduced in 7.9.7.
.SH RETURN VALUE
This will return CURLE_OK.
.SH "SEE ALSO"