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1---
2c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
3SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
4Title: curl_multi_cleanup
5Section: 3
6Source: libcurl
7See-also:
8  - curl_easy_cleanup (3)
9  - curl_easy_init (3)
10  - curl_multi_get_handles (3)
11  - curl_multi_init (3)
12Protocol:
13  - All
14---
15
16# NAME
17
18curl_multi_cleanup - close down a multi session
19
20# SYNOPSIS
21
22~~~c
23#include <curl/curl.h>
24
25CURLMcode curl_multi_cleanup(CURLM *multi_handle);
26~~~
27
28# DESCRIPTION
29
30Cleans up and removes a whole multi stack. It does not free or touch any
31individual easy handles in any way - they still need to be closed
32individually, using the usual curl_easy_cleanup(3) way. The order of
33cleaning up should be:
34
351 - curl_multi_remove_handle(3) before any easy handles are cleaned up
36
372 - curl_easy_cleanup(3) can now be called independently since the easy
38handle is no longer connected to the multi handle
39
403 - curl_multi_cleanup(3) should be called when all easy handles are
41removed
42
43Passing in a NULL pointer in *multi_handle* makes this function return
44CURLM_BAD_HANDLE immediately with no other action.
45
46# EXAMPLE
47
48~~~c
49int main(void)
50{
51  CURLM *multi = curl_multi_init();
52
53  /* when the multi transfer is done ... */
54
55  /* remove all easy handles, then: */
56  curl_multi_cleanup(multi);
57}
58~~~
59
60# AVAILABILITY
61
62Added in 7.9.6
63
64# RETURN VALUE
65
66CURLMcode type, general libcurl multi interface error code. On success,
67CURLM_OK is returned.
68