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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2014-02-17 09:27:14 +0100
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2014-02-17 09:29:25 +0100
commitb04c158adfe535aca5ac19bae288dca80be6dbb4 (patch)
tree58ed61b62f923279e7066af6a1025f52e38af64c
parent2111c2ed0754a3f7849ac85606225579fae6075d (diff)
curl_multi_setopt.3: clarify CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/curl_multi_setopt.311
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 @@
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-.\" * 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