curl/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.md
Daniel Stenberg eefcc1bda4
docs: introduce "curldown" for libcurl man page format
curldown is this new file format for libcurl man pages. It is markdown
inspired with differences:

- Each file has a set of leading headers with meta-data
- Supports a small subset of markdown
- Uses .md file extensions for editors/IDE/GitHub to treat them nicely
- Generates man pages very similar to the previous ones
- Generates man pages that still convert nicely to HTML on the website
- Detects and highlights mentions of curl symbols automatically (when
  their man page section is specified)

tools:

- cd2nroff: converts from curldown to nroff man page
- nroff2cd: convert an (old) nroff man page to curldown
- cdall: convert many nroff pages to curldown versions
- cd2cd: verifies and updates a curldown to latest curldown

This setup generates .3 versions of all the curldown versions at build time.

CI:

Since the documentation is now technically markdown in the eyes of many
things, the CI runs many more tests and checks on this documentation,
including proselint, link checkers and tests that make sure we capitalize the
first letter after a period...

Closes #12730
2024-01-23 00:29:02 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: curl_easy_cleanup
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- curl_easy_duphandle (3)
- curl_easy_init (3)
- curl_easy_reset (3)
- curl_multi_cleanup (3)
- curl_multi_remove_handle (3)
---
# NAME
curl_easy_cleanup - End a libcurl easy handle
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
void curl_easy_cleanup(CURL *handle);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
This function is the opposite of curl_easy_init(3). It closes down and frees
all resources previously associated with this easy handle.
This call closes all connections this handle has used and possibly has kept
open until now unless the easy handle was attached to a multi handle while
doing the transfers. Do not call this function if you intend to transfer more
files, reusing handles is a key to good performance with libcurl.
Occasionally you may get your progress callback or header callback called from
within curl_easy_cleanup(3) (if previously set for the handle using
curl_easy_setopt(3)). Like if libcurl decides to shut down the connection and
the protocol is of a kind that requires a command/response sequence before
disconnect. Examples of such protocols are FTP, POP3 and IMAP.
Any use of the easy **handle** after this function has been called and have
returned, is illegal.
To close an easy handle that has been used with the multi interface, make sure
to first call curl_multi_remove_handle(3) to remove it from the multi handle
before it is closed.
Passing in a NULL pointer in *handle* makes this function return immediately
with no action.
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(res)
printf("error: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.1
# RETURN VALUE
None