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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2014-02-17 09:27:14 +0100 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2014-02-17 09:29:25 +0100 |
| commit | b04c158adfe535aca5ac19bae288dca80be6dbb4 (patch) | |
| tree | 58ed61b62f923279e7066af6a1025f52e38af64c | |
| parent | 2111c2ed0754a3f7849ac85606225579fae6075d (diff) | |
curl_multi_setopt.3: clarify CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_multi_setopt.3 | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_setopt.3 index 99984cf49..0cff47f55 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_setopt.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2011, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, 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 @@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ not used by libcurl but only passed-thru as-is. Set the callback pointer with \fICURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION\fP. (Added in 7.16.0) .IP CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS Pass a long. The set number will be used as the maximum amount of -simultaneously open connections that libcurl may cache. Default is 10, and -libcurl will enlarge the size for each added easy handle to make it fit 4 -times the number of added easy handles. +simultaneously open connections that libcurl may keep in its connection cache +after completed use. By default libcurl will enlarge the size for each added +easy handle to make it fit 4 times the number of added easy handles. By setting this option, you can prevent the cache size from growing beyond the limit set by you. @@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ number of open connections from increasing. This option is for the multi handle's use only, when using the easy interface you should instead use the \fICURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS\fP option. +See \fICURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS\fP for limiting the number of active +connections. + (Added in 7.16.3) .IP CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS Pass a long. The set number will be used as the maximum amount of |