.\" ************************************************************************** .\" * _ _ ____ _ .\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | .\" * / __| | | | |_) | | .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * .\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms .\" * are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. .\" * .\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell .\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is .\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. .\" * .\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY .\" * KIND, either express or implied. .\" * .\" ************************************************************************** .\" .TH CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" .SH NAME CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE \- specify a source for random data .SH SYNOPSIS #include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, char *path); .SH DESCRIPTION Pass a char * to a zero terminated file name. The file will be used to read from to seed the random engine for SSL and more. .SH DEFAULT NULL, not used .SH PROTOCOLS All .SH EXAMPLE TODO .SH AVAILABILITY Always .SH RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET "(3), "