CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)     Library Functions Manual     CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE - file to read random data from

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, char *path);

DESCRIPTION
       Deprecated option. It serves no purpose anymore.

       Pass a char pointer to a null-terminated filename. The file might be
       used to read from to seed the random engine for SSL and more.

       The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
       this option.

DEFAULT
       NULL, not used

PROTOCOLS
       All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.

       This option works only with the following TLS backends: OpenSSL

EXAMPLE
       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode res;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, "junk.txt");
           res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Only with OpenSSL versions before 1.1.0.

       This option was deprecated in 7.84.0.

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was
       insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET(3)

libcurl                          April 26 2024          CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE(3)