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CURLOPT_STDERR(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_STDERR(3)

CURLOPT_STDERR - redirect stderr to another stream

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_STDERR, FILE *stream);

Pass a FILE * as parameter. Tell libcurl to use this stream instead of stderr when showing the progress meter and displaying CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3) data.

If you are using libcurl as a win32 DLL, this option will cause an exception and crash in the library since it cannot access a FILE * passed on from the application. A work-around is to instead use CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3).

stderr

All

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
FILE *filep = fopen("dump", "wb");
if(curl) {

curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_STDERR, filep);
curl_easy_perform(curl); }

Always

Returns CURLE_OK

CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3), CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3)

January 2, 2023 libcurl 7.88.1