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.TH CURLINFO_PRIVATE 3 "1 Sep 2015" "libcurl 7.44.0" "curl_easy_getinfo options"
.SH NAME
CURLINFO_PRIVATE \- get the private pointer
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, char **private);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the pointer to the private data
associated with the curl handle (set with the \fICURLOPT_PRIVATE(3)\fP).
Please note that for internal reasons, the value is returned as a char
pointer, although effectively being a 'void *'.
.SH PROTOCOLS
All
.SH EXAMPLE
TODO
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.10.3
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR curl_easy_getinfo "(3), " curl_easy_setopt "(3), "
.BR CURLOPT_PRIVATE "(3), "