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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_INFILESIZE.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_INFILESIZE.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1bb55118d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_INFILESIZE.3 @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" * _ _ ____ _ +.\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | +.\" * / __| | | | |_) | | +.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ +.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| +.\" * +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * +.\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which +.\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms +.\" * are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. +.\" * +.\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell +.\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is +.\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. +.\" * +.\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY +.\" * KIND, either express or implied. +.\" * +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" +.TH GNURLOPT_INFILESIZE 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" +.SH NAME +CURLOPT_INFILESIZE \- set size of the input file to send off +.SH SYNOPSIS +#include <gnurl/curl.h> + +CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, long filesize); +.SH DESCRIPTION +When uploading a file to a remote site, \fIfilesize\fP should be used to tell +libcurl what the expected size of the input file is. This value must be passed +as a long. See also \fICURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE(3)\fP for sending files larger +than 2GB. + +For uploading using SCP, this option or \fICURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE(3)\fP is +mandatory. + +To unset this value again, set it to -1. + +When sending emails using SMTP, this command can be used to specify the +optional SIZE parameter for the MAIL FROM command. + +This option does not limit how much data libcurl will actually send, as that +is controlled entirely by what the read callback returns, but telling one +value and sending a different amount may lead to errors. +.SH DEFAULT +Unset +.SH PROTOCOLS +Many +.SH EXAMPLE +.nf +CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); +if(curl) { + long uploadsize = FILE_SIZE; + + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/destination.tar.gz"); + + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L); + + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, uploadsize); + + curl_easy_perform(curl); +} +.fi +.SH AVAILABILITY +SMTP support added in 7.23.0 +.SH RETURN VALUE +Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE "(3), " CURLOPT_UPLOAD "(3), " |