curl/docs/libcurl/curl_version.md
Daniel Stenberg e3fe020089
docs/libcurl: generate PROTOCOLS from meta-data
Remove the PROTOCOLS section from the source files completely and
instead generate them based on the header data in the curldown files.

It also generates TLS backend information for options marked for TLS as
protocol.

Closes #13175
2024-03-23 18:13:03 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: curl_version
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- curl_version_info (3)
Protocol:
- All
---
# NAME
curl_version - returns the libcurl version string
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
char *curl_version();
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Returns a human readable string with the version number of libcurl and some of
its important components (like OpenSSL version).
We recommend using curl_version_info(3) instead!
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
printf("libcurl version %s\n", curl_version());
}
~~~
# AVAILABILITY
Always
# RETURN VALUE
A pointer to a null-terminated string. The string resides in a statically
allocated buffer and must not be freed by the caller.