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Lucas Eckels9bd90e62012-08-06 15:07:02 -070022.TH curl_free 3 "12 Aug 2003" "libcurl 7.10" "libcurl Manual"
23.SH NAME
24curl_free - reclaim memory that has been obtained through a libcurl call
25.SH SYNOPSIS
26.B #include <curl/curl.h>
27.sp
28.BI "void curl_free( char *" ptr " );"
29.ad
30.SH DESCRIPTION
31curl_free reclaims memory that has been obtained through a libcurl call. Use
Bertrand SIMONNETe6cd7382015-07-01 15:39:44 -070032\fIcurl_free(3)\fP instead of free() to avoid anomalies that can result from
Lucas Eckels9bd90e62012-08-06 15:07:02 -070033differences in memory management between your application and libcurl.
34.SH "SEE ALSO"
Bertrand SIMONNETe6cd7382015-07-01 15:39:44 -070035.BR curl_easy_unescape "(3), " curl_easy_escape "(3) "