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-.TH curl_global_init 3 "28 May 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_global_init 3 "29 May 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl_global_init - Global libcurl initialisation
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <curl/curl.h>
.sp
-.BI "CURLcode curl_global_init( " long flags " );"
+.BI "CURLcode curl_global_init(long " flags ");"
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function should be called once (no matter how many threads or libcurl
You must however \fBalways\fP use the \fIcurl_global_cleanup\fP function, as
that cannot be called automatically for you by libcurl.
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+This function was added in libcurl 7.8.
.SH RETURN VALUE
If this function returns non-zero, something went wrong and you cannot use the
other curl functions.