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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/limit-rate.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/limit-rate.d new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8784a84d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/limit-rate.d @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Long: limit-rate +Arg: <speed> +Help: Limit transfer speed to RATE +--- +Specify the maximum transfer rate you want curl to use - for both downloads +and uploads. This feature is useful if you have a limited pipe and you'd like +your transfer not to use your entire bandwidth. To make it slower than it +otherwise would be. + +The given speed is measured in bytes/second, unless a suffix is appended. +Appending 'k' or 'K' will count the number as kilobytes, 'm' or M' makes it +megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it gigabytes. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G. + +If you also use the --speed-limit option, that option will take precedence and +might cripple the rate-limiting slightly, to help keeping the speed-limit +logic working. + +If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. |