curl_free.md

c	SPDX-License-Identifier	Title	Section	Source	See-also	Protocol	Added-in
Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <[email protected]>, et al.	curl	curl_free	3	libcurl	curl_easy_escape (3) curl_easy_unescape (3)	All	7.1

NAME

curl_free - reclaim memory that has been obtained through a libcurl call

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

void curl_free(void *ptr);

DESCRIPTION

curl_free reclaims memory that has been obtained through a libcurl call. Use curl_free(3) instead of free() to avoid anomalies that can result from differences in memory management between your application and libcurl.

Passing in a NULL pointer in ptr makes this function return immediately with no action.

%PROTOCOLS%

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
  char *width = curl_getenv("COLUMNS");
  if(width) {
    /* it was set! */
    curl_free(width);
  }
}

%AVAILABILITY%

RETURN VALUE

None