ftp: allow CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH to ignore size

This allows FTP transfers with growing (or shrinking) files without
causing a transfer error.

Closes #480

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH.3
index 51fd6b08c..36b2d8672 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
 .SH NAME
-CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH \- ignore Content-Length in HTTP response
+CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH \- ignore content length
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 #include <curl/curl.h>
@@ -30,12 +30,18 @@ CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH \- ignore Content-Length in HTTP response
 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH,
                           long ignore);
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-If \fIignore\fP is set to 1, ignore the Content-Length header in the HTTP
-response. This is useful for Apache 1.x (and similar servers) which will
+If \fIignore\fP is set to 1L, ignore the Content-Length header in the HTTP
+response and ignore asking for or relying on it for FTP transfers.
+
+This is useful for HTTP with Apache 1.x (and similar servers) which will
 report incorrect content length for files over 2 gigabytes. If this option is
 used, curl will not be able to accurately report progress, and will simply
 stop the download when the server ends the connection.
 
+It is also useful with FTP when for example the file is growing while the
+transfer is in progress which otherwise will unconditionally cause libcurl to
+report error.
+
 Only use this option if strictly necessary.
 .SH DEFAULT
 0
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ if(curl) {
 }
 .fi
 .SH AVAILABILITY
-Added in 7.14.1
+Added in 7.14.1. Support for FTP added in 7.46.0.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"