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.TH curl_version 3 "March 23, 2020" "libcurl 7.70.0" "libcurl Manual"

.SH NAME
curl_version - returns the libcurl version string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <curl/curl.h>
.sp
.BI "char *curl_version( );"
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
Returns a human readable string with the version number of libcurl and some of
its important components (like OpenSSL version).

We recommend using \fIcurl_version_info(3)\fP instead!
.SH RETURN VALUE
A pointer to a zero terminated string. The string resides in a statically
allocated buffer and must not be freed by the caller.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR curl_version_info "(3)"