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¶

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE¶

int main(void)
{


  char *width = curl_getenv("COLUMNS");


  if(width) {


    /* it was set */


    curl_free(width);


  }
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Added in curl 7.1

RETURN VALUE¶

None

SEE ALSO¶

curl_easy_escape(3), curl_easy_unescape(3)