curl_share_setopt(3) Library Functions Manual curl_share_setopt(3) NAME curl_share_setopt - set options for a shared object SYNOPSIS #include CURLSHcode curl_share_setopt(CURLSH *share, CURLSHoption option, parameter); DESCRIPTION Set the option to parameter for the given share. OPTIONS CURLSHOPT_LOCKFUNC See CURLSHOPT_LOCKFUNC(3). CURLSHOPT_UNLOCKFUNC See CURLSHOPT_UNLOCKFUNC(3). CURLSHOPT_SHARE See CURLSHOPT_SHARE(3). CURLSHOPT_UNSHARE See CURLSHOPT_UNSHARE(3). CURLSHOPT_USERDATA See CURLSHOPT_USERDATA(3). PROTOCOLS This functionality affects all supported protocols EXAMPLE int main(void) { CURLSHcode sh; CURLSH *share = curl_share_init(); sh = curl_share_setopt(share, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_CONNECT); if(sh) printf("Error: %s\n", curl_share_strerror(sh)); } AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.10 RETURN VALUE CURLSHE_OK (zero) means that the option was set properly, non-zero means an error occurred as ** defines. See the libcurl-errors(3) man page for the full list with descriptions. SEE ALSO curl_share_cleanup(3), curl_share_init(3) libcurl 2026-09-02 curl_share_setopt(3)