CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA(3) NAME CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA - pointer passed to I/O callback SYNOPSIS #include CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA, void *pointer); DESCRIPTION Pass the pointer that is untouched by libcurl and passed as the 3rd argument in the ioctl callback set with CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION(3). DEFAULT By default, the value of this parameter is NULL. PROTOCOLS All EXAMPLE #include /* for lseek */ struct data { int fd; /* our file descriptor */ }; static curlioerr ioctl_callback(CURL *handle, int cmd, void *clientp) { struct data *io = (struct data *)clientp; if(cmd == CURLIOCMD_RESTARTREAD) { lseek(io->fd, 0, SEEK_SET); return CURLIOE_OK; } return CURLIOE_UNKNOWNCMD; } int main(void) { struct data ioctl_data; CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION, ioctl_callback); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA, &ioctl_data); } } AVAILABILITY Added in 7.12.3. Deprecated since 7.18.0. RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. SEE ALSO CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION(3) libcurl April 26 2024 CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA(3)