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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_multi_timeout.3 | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_timeout.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_timeout.3 index 8ba8da7fb..9e53d0b8a 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_timeout.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_timeout.3 @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ of milliseconds at this very moment. If 0, it means you should proceed immediately without waiting for anything. If it returns -1, there's no timeout at all set. +An application that uses the multi_socket API SHOULD not use this function, but +SHOULD instead use \fIcurl_multi_setopt(3)\fP and its +\fPCURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION\fP option for proper and desired behavior. + Note: if libcurl returns a -1 timeout here, it just means that libcurl currently has no stored timeout value. You must not wait too long (more than a few seconds perhaps) before you call curl_multi_perform() again. @@ -34,7 +38,6 @@ by a previous call to \fBcurl_multi_socket(3)\fP. .SH AVAILABILITY This function was added in libcurl 7.15.4. .SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR curl_multi_cleanup "(3), " curl_multi_init "(3), " .BR curl_multi_fdset "(3), " curl_multi_info_read "(3), " -.BR curl_multi_socket "(3) " +.BR curl_multi_socket "(3), " curl_multi_setopt "(3) " |