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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3 | 3 |
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3 index 66ab8b92b..41e05690c 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3 @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ libcurl to use the SIGALRM signal to timeout system calls. In unix-like systems, this might cause signals to be used unless \fICURLOPT_NOSIGNAL(3)\fP is set. +If both \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)\fP and \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3)\fP are set, the +value set last will be used. + Since this puts a hard limit for how long time a request is allowed to take, it has limited use in dynamic use cases with varying transfer times. You are then advised to explore \fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3)\fP, |