The variable \fBn\fP points to will receive the number of sent bytes.
To establish the connection, set \fICURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3)\fP option before
-calling \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform()\fP. Note that
+calling \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP. Note that
\fIcurl_easy_send(3)\fP will not work on connections that were created without
this option.
-You must ensure that the socket is writable before calling
-\fIcurl_easy_send(3)\fP, otherwise the call will return \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP -
-the socket is used in non-blocking mode internally. Use
-\fIcurl_easy_getinfo(3)\fP with \fICURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3)\fP to obtain the
-socket; use your operating system facilities like \fIselect(2)\fP to check if
-it can be written to.
+The call will return \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP if it's not possible to send data right
+now - the socket is used in non-blocking mode internally. When
+\fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP is returned, use your operating system facilities like
+\fIselect(2)\fP to wait until the socket is writable. The socket may be
+obtained using \fIcurl_easy_getinfo(3)\fP with \fICURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3)\fP.
+
+Furthermore if you wait on the socket and it tells you it's writable,
+\fIcurl_easy_send(3)\fP may return \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP if the only data that was
+sent was for internal SSL processing, and no other data could be sent.
+
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.18.2.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On failure, returns the appropriate error code.
+This function may return \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP. In this case, use your operating
+system facilities to wait until the socket is writable, and retry.
+
If there's no socket available to use from the previous transfer, this function
-returns CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL.
+returns \fBCURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL\fP.
.SH EXAMPLE
See \fBsendrecv.c\fP in \fBdocs/examples\fP directory for usage example.
.SH "SEE ALSO"