set the User-Agent: header in the HTTP request sent to the remote server. This
can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set any custom header
with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP.
+
+The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
+option.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL, no User-Agent: header is used by default.
.SH PROTOCOLS