On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, doa379 wrote:

> I'm trying to use libcurl in a distinct pthread but the process gets stuck
> in the callback function as the url works like a socket and is constantly
> giving out data:
>
> curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, callbackFunc);

Why would it get stuck because of that?

> I would to implement a thread which allows to fork the libcurl process
> whilst other threads are still running. Even if the url doesn't finish
> giving out data.
>
> What's the best way to implement this?

Start a new thread/process and call the libcurl functions in there?

> Is there a better way to implement this other than making discrete and
> manual connections to the url?

I don't understand. Are you using curl_easy_perform() to do the transfers?

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