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clarify that the app must free the engine list

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.\" nroff -man [file]
.\" $Id$
.\"
.TH curl_easy_getinfo 3 "20 Aug 2003" "libcurl 7.10.8" "libcurl Manual"
.TH curl_easy_getinfo 3 "14 Dec 2004" "libcurl 7.12.3" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl_easy_getinfo - extract information from a curl handle
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH DESCRIPTION
Request internal information from the curl session with this function. The
third argument
.B MUST
be a pointer to a long, a pointer to a char * or a pointer to a double (as
this documentation describes further down). The data pointed-to will be
filled in accordingly and can be relied upon only if the function returns
CURLE_OK. This function is intended to get used *AFTER* a performed transfer,
all results from this function are undefined until the transfer is completed.
third argument \fBMUST\fP be a pointer to a long, a pointer to a char *, a
pointer to a struct curl_slist * or a pointer to a double (as this
documentation describes further down). The data pointed-to will be filled in
accordingly and can be relied upon only if the function returns CURLE_OK.
This function is intended to get used AFTER a performed transfer, all results
from this function are undefined until the transfer is completed.
You should not free the memory returned by this function unless it is
explictly mentioned below.
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Pass the address of a 'struct curl_slist *' to receive a linked-list of
OpenSSL crypto-engines supported. Note that engines are normally implemented
in separate dynamic libraries. Hence not all the returned engines may be
available at run-time.
available at run-time. \fBNOTE:\fP you must call \fIcurl_slist_free_all(3)\fP
on the list pointer once you're done with it, as libcurl will not free the
data for you. (Added in 7.12.3)
.IP CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD
Pass a pointer to a double to receive the content-length of the download. This
is the value read from the Content-Length: field.