NAME

       CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET - set an abstract Unix domain socket

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET, char *path);

DESCRIPTION

       Enables the use of an abstract Unix domain socket instead of establishing a TCP connection to a host. The
       parameter should be a char * to a zero terminated string holding the path of the socket. The path will be
       set  to  path  prefixed by a NULL byte (this is the convention for abstract sockets, however it should be
       stressed that the path passed to this function should not contain a leading NULL).

       On non-supporting platforms, the abstract address will  be  interpreted  as  an  empty  string  and  fail
       gracefully, generating a run-time error.

       This  option shares the same semantics as CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH(3) in which documentation more details
       can be found. Internally, these two options share the same storage and therefore only one of them can  be
       set per handle.

DEFAULT

       Default is NULL.

EXAMPLE

           curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET, "/tmp/foo.sock");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, "http://localhost/");

AVAILABILITY

       Since 7.53.0.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH(3), unix(7),