curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION.md
Daniel Stenberg eefcc1bda4
docs: introduce "curldown" for libcurl man page format
curldown is this new file format for libcurl man pages. It is markdown
inspired with differences:

- Each file has a set of leading headers with meta-data
- Supports a small subset of markdown
- Uses .md file extensions for editors/IDE/GitHub to treat them nicely
- Generates man pages very similar to the previous ones
- Generates man pages that still convert nicely to HTML on the website
- Detects and highlights mentions of curl symbols automatically (when
  their man page section is specified)

tools:

- cd2nroff: converts from curldown to nroff man page
- nroff2cd: convert an (old) nroff man page to curldown
- cdall: convert many nroff pages to curldown versions
- cd2cd: verifies and updates a curldown to latest curldown

This setup generates .3 versions of all the curldown versions at build time.

CI:

Since the documentation is now technically markdown in the eyes of many
things, the CI runs many more tests and checks on this documentation,
including proselint, link checkers and tests that make sure we capitalize the
first letter after a period...

Closes #12730
2024-01-23 00:29:02 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA (3)
- CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION (3)
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION - callback for I/O operations
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
typedef enum {
CURLIOE_OK, /* I/O operation successful */
CURLIOE_UNKNOWNCMD, /* command was unknown to callback */
CURLIOE_FAILRESTART, /* failed to restart the read */
CURLIOE_LAST /* never use */
} curlioerr;
typedef enum {
CURLIOCMD_NOP, /* no operation */
CURLIOCMD_RESTARTREAD, /* restart the read stream from start */
CURLIOCMD_LAST /* never use */
} curliocmd;
curlioerr ioctl_callback(CURL *handle, int cmd, void *clientp);
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION, ioctl_callback);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the prototype
shown above.
This callback function gets called by libcurl when something special
I/O-related needs to be done that the library cannot do by itself. For now,
rewinding the read data stream is the only action it can request. The
rewinding of the read data stream may be necessary when doing an HTTP PUT or
POST with a multi-pass authentication method.
The callback MUST return *CURLIOE_UNKNOWNCMD* if the input *cmd* is
not *CURLIOCMD_RESTARTREAD*.
The *clientp* argument to the callback is set with the
CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA(3) option.
**This option is deprecated**. Do not use it. Use CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION(3)
instead to provide seeking! If CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION(3) is set, this
parameter is ignored when seeking.
# DEFAULT
By default, this parameter is set to NULL. Not used.
# PROTOCOLS
Used with HTTP
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
#include <unistd.h> /* for lseek */
struct data {
int fd; /* our file descriptor */
};
static curlioerr ioctl_callback(CURL *handle, int cmd, void *clientp)
{
struct data *io = (struct data *)clientp;
if(cmd == CURLIOCMD_RESTARTREAD) {
lseek(io->fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
return CURLIOE_OK;
}
return CURLIOE_UNKNOWNCMD;
}
int main(void)
{
struct data ioctl_data;
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION, ioctl_callback);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA, &ioctl_data);
}
}
~~~
# AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.12.3. Deprecated since 7.18.0.
# RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.