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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3 | 11 |
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3 index 1cd122df2..6de808257 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3 @@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ In unix-like systems, this might cause signals to be used unless 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, -\fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3)\fP or using \fICURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)\fP to -implement your own timeout logic. +Since this option puts a hard limit on how long time a request is allowed to +take, it has limited use in dynamic use cases with varying transfer times. That +is especially apparent when using the multi interface, which may queue the +transfer, and that time is included. You are advised to explore +\fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3)\fP, \fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3)\fP or using +\fICURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)\fP to implement your own timeout logic. .SH DEFAULT Default timeout is 0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer. .SH PROTOCOLS |