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CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION(3)   Library Functions Manual   CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION(3)


NAME

       CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION - callback for I/O operations


SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       typedef enum {
         CURLIOE_OK,            /* I/O operation successful */
         CURLIOE_UNKNOWNCMD,    /* command was unknown to callback */
         CURLIOE_FAILRESTART,   /* failed to restart the read */
         CURLIOE_LAST           /* never use */
       } curlioerr;

       typedef enum  {
         CURLIOCMD_NOP,         /* no operation */
         CURLIOCMD_RESTARTREAD, /* restart the read stream from start */
         CURLIOCMD_LAST         /* never use */
       } curliocmd;

       curlioerr ioctl_callback(CURL *handle, int cmd, void *clientp);

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION, ioctl_callback);


DESCRIPTION

       Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the
       prototype shown above.

       This callback function gets called by libcurl when something special
       I/O-related needs to be done that the library cannot do by itself. For
       now, rewinding the read data stream is the only action it can request.
       The rewinding of the read data stream may be necessary when doing an
       HTTP PUT or POST with a multi-pass authentication method.

       The callback MUST return CURLIOE_UNKNOWNCMD if the input cmd is not
       CURLIOCMD_RESTARTREAD.

       The clientp argument to the callback is set with the
       CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA(3) option.

       This option is deprecated. Do not use it. Use CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION(3)
       instead to provide seeking! If CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION(3) is set, this
       parameter is ignored when seeking.


DEFAULT

       NULL


PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects all supported protocols


EXAMPLE

       #include <unistd.h> /* 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);
         }
       }


DEPRECATED

       Deprecated since 7.18.0.


AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.12.3


RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
       if not.


SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA(3), CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION(3)

libcurl                           2024-08-05          CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION(3)

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