redhat man page for curl_easy_init

curl_easy_init(3)						  libcurl Manual						 curl_easy_init(3)

NAME
       curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURL *curl_easy_init( );

DESCRIPTION
       This  function  must  be  the first function to call, and it returns a CURL easy handle that you must use as input to other easy-functions.
       curl_easy_init intializes curl and this call MUST have a corresponding call to curl_easy_cleanup when the operation is complete.

RETURN VALUE
       If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the other curl functions.

SEE ALSO
       curl_easy_cleanup(3), curl_global_init(3)

BUGS
       Surely there are some, you tell me!

libcurl 7.8.1							   4 March 2002 						 curl_easy_init(3)