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-.TH libcurl 3 "12 Aug 2003" "libcurl 7.10.7" "libcurl easy interface"
+.TH libcurl 3 "19 Sep 2014" "libcurl" "libcurl easy interface"
.SH NAME
libcurl-easy \- easy interface overview
.SH DESCRIPTION
to set some callbacks as well that will be called from the library when data
is available etc. \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP is used for all this.
+\fICURLOPT_URL(3)\fP is only option you really must set, as otherwise there
+can be no transfer. Another commonly used option is \fICURLOPT_VERBOSE(3)\fP
+that will help you see what libcurl is doing under the hood, very useful when
+debugging for example. The \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP man page has a full index
+of the over 200 available options.
+
+If you at any point would like to blank all previously set options for a
+single easy handle, you can call \fIcurl_easy_reset(3)\fP and you can also
+make a clone of an easy handle (with all its set options) using
+\fIcurl_easy_duphandle(3)\fP.
+
When all is setup, you tell libcurl to perform the transfer using
\fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP. It will then do the entire operation and won't
return until it is done (successfully or not).
\fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP. If you want persistent connections, you don't
cleanup immediately, but instead run ahead and perform other transfers using
the same easy handle.
-
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR curl_easy_init "(3)," curl_easy_cleanup "(3)," curl_easy_setopt "(3), "
+.BR libcurl-errors "(3), " libcurl-multi "(3), " libcurl "(3) "