On Sat, 11 Aug 2018, Deven via curl-library wrote:

> Now, I would like to cleanly close the application which uses the curl easy
> interface. The curl operation happens in a separate thread. Is there a way
> to cancel the curl operation, break out of the blocking curl easy perform
> function?

This is mentioned in the FAQ:

   https://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html#How_do_I_stop_an_ongoing_transfe

tl;dr: return an error from a callback (if the timeout options aren't good
enough)

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  / daniel.haxx.se
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