From 910fc8522ad39b6298b5a82132b097a70bdd9c30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 11:48:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added '5.4 Does libcurl do Winsock initing on win32 systems?' --- docs/FAQ | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ index 3b6a83ccf..8b15f5c57 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ +++ b/docs/FAQ @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Updated: December 19, 2000 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml) +Updated: December 30, 2000 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml) _ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ FAQ 5.1 Is libcurl thread safe? 5.2 How can I receive all data into a large memory chunk? 5.3 How do I fetch multiple files with libcurl? + 5.4 Does libcurl do Winsock initing on win32 systems? 6. License Issues 6.1 I have a GPL program, can I use the libcurl library? @@ -448,6 +449,16 @@ FAQ same connection. The only available way to do multiple requests is to init/perform/cleanup for each request. + 5.4 Does libcurl do Winsock initing on win32 systems? + + No. + + On win32 systems, you need to init the winsock stuff manually, libcurl will + not do that for you. WSAStartup() and WSACleanup() should be used + accordingly. The reason for this is of course that a single application may + use several different libraries and parts, and there's no reason for every + single library to do this. + 6. License Issues Curl and libcurl are released under the MPL, the Mozilla Public License. To