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-.TH CURLOPT_NETRC 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+.TH CURLOPT_NETRC 3 "August 02, 2017" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_NETRC \- request that .netrc is used
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH DESCRIPTION
This parameter controls the preference \fIlevel\fP of libcurl between using
user names and passwords from your \fI~/.netrc\fP file, relative to user names
-and passwords in the URL supplied with \fICURLOPT_URL(3)\fP.
+and passwords in the URL supplied with \fICURLOPT_URL(3)\fP. On Windows,
+libcurl will use the file as \fI%HOME%/_netrc\fP, but you can also tell
+libcurl a different file name to use with \fICURLOPT_NETRC_FILE(3)\fP.
libcurl uses a user name (and supplied or prompted password) supplied with
\fICURLOPT_USERPWD(3)\fP or \fICURLOPT_USERNAME(3)\fP in preference to any of
.SH PROTOCOLS
Most
.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);
+ ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+}
+.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Always
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR CURLOPT_USERPWD "(3), " CURLOPT_USERNAME "(3), "
+.BR CURLOPT_USERPWD "(3), " CURLOPT_USERNAME "(3), ", CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE "(3), "