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CURL.SetOptionRandomFile
Sets random file.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| CURL | 2.5 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Deprecated
This function was deprecated.
MBS( "CURL.SetOptionRandomFile"; curl; Value { ; Encoding } ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| curl | The CURL session handle. | $curl | |
| Value | File path for SSL engine. | "/tmp/test.txt" | |
| Encoding | The text encoding for text parameter. Default is UTF-8. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. |
"utf8" | Optional |
Result
Returns "OK" on success.
Description
Sets random file.Pass a file path. The file will be used to read from to seed the random engine for SSL. The more random the specified file is, the more secure the SSL connection will become.
Starting with version 8.0 the plugin will always use UTF-8 encoding for file path on Linux and macOS. For macOS we also do the unicode character normalization for file names for you.
See also
Release notes
- Version 13.0
- Deprecated CURL.SetOptionEGDSocket, CURL.SetOptionSSLEnableNPN, CURL.SetOptionSocks5GSSAPIService and CURL.SetOptionRandomFile functions.
- Version 8.0
- Changed CURL.SetOptionCAINFO, CURL.SetOptionCAPATH, CURL.SetOptionCookieFile, CURL.SetOptionCookieJar, CURL.SetOptionIssuerCert, CURL.SetOptionNETRCFile, CURL.SetOptionRandomFile, CURL.SetOptionSSHPrivateKeyfile, CURL.SetOptionSSHPublicKeyfile, CURL.SetOptionSSLCert, CURL.SetOptionSSLKey to use always UTF-8 on Mac/Linux and on Mac do the unicode transformation for decomposed characters to avoid trouble with special characters in file paths.
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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 21st December 2022
