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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6624ad6a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE.3 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" * _ _ ____ _ +.\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | +.\" * / __| | | | |_) | | +.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ +.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| +.\" * +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, 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_MAXFILESIZE 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" +.SH NAME +CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE \- maximum file size allowed to download +.SH SYNOPSIS +#include <gnurl/curl.h> + +CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE, long size); +.SH DESCRIPTION +Pass a long as parameter. This allows you to specify the maximum \fIsize\fP +(in bytes) of a file to download. If the file requested is found larger than +this value, the transfer will not start and \fICURLE_FILESIZE_EXCEEDED\fP will +be returned. + +The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such files this +option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger than this +given limit. This concerns both FTP and HTTP transfers. + +If you want a limit above 2GB, use \fICURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3)\fP. +.SH DEFAULT +None +.SH PROTOCOLS +FTP and HTTP +.SH EXAMPLE +.nf +CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); +if(curl) { + CURLcode ret; + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/"); + /* refuse to download if larger than 1000 bytes! */ + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE, 1000L); + ret = curl_easy_perform(curl); +} +.fi +.SH AVAILABILITY +Always +.SH RETURN VALUE +Returns CURLE_OK +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE "(3), " CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE "(3), " |