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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2007-05-30 20:04:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2007-05-30 20:04:44 +0000 |
| commit | a49e78d9b758cad12d886df2d5c8459a34477bbb (patch) | |
| tree | d401a8ea0bc3d14fecf47e3b91db1969f23007ae /docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | |
| parent | 9583b51d80b36b5d221898cbebc02e84bac22384 (diff) | |
Added CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS which is a curl_multi_setopt() option for setting
the maximum size of the connection cache maximum size of the multi handle.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 3c789dd70..a31499958 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -1129,10 +1129,10 @@ speed. (Added in 7.15.5) .IP CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS Pass a long. The set number will be the persistent connection cache size. The set amount will be the maximum amount of simultaneously open connections that -libcurl may cache. Default is 5, and there isn't much point in changing this -value unless you are perfectly aware of how this work and changes libcurl's -behaviour. This concerns connection using any of the protocols that support -persistent connections. +libcurl may cache in this easy handle. Default is 5, and there isn't much +point in changing this value unless you are perfectly aware of how this work +and changes libcurl's behaviour. This concerns connection using any of the +protocols that support persistent connections. When reaching the maximum limit, curl closes the oldest one in the cache to prevent the number of open connections to increase. @@ -1140,6 +1140,10 @@ prevent the number of open connections to increase. If you already have performed transfers with this curl handle, setting a smaller MAXCONNECTS than before may cause open connections to get closed unnecessarily. + +Note that if you add this easy handle to a multi handle, this setting is not +being acknowledged, but you must instead use \fIcurl_multi_setopt(3)\fP and +the \fICURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS\fP option. .IP CURLOPT_CLOSEPOLICY (Obsolete) This option does nothing. .IP CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT |