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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 16 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 9ed452883..f37e03f25 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" nroff -man curl.1 .\" Written by Daniel Stenberg .\" -.TH curl 1 "5 Mar 2004" "Curl 7.11.1" "Curl Manual" +.TH curl 1 "25 Mar 2004" "Curl 7.11.2" "Curl Manual" .SH NAME curl \- transfer a URL .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -707,6 +707,11 @@ is a plain '-', it is instead written to stdout. This option has no point when you're using a shell with decent redirecting capabilities. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. +.IP "--tcp-nodelay" +Turn on the TCP_NODELAY option. See the \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP man page for +details about this option. (Added in 7.11.2) + +If this option is used several times, each occurance toggles this on/off. .IP "-t/--telnet-option <OPT=val>" Pass options to the telnet protocol. Supported options are: diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 16bed31a9..eeb35d41e 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -295,6 +295,22 @@ cannot be guaranteed to actually get the given size. (Added in 7.10) .IP CURLOPT_PORT Pass a long specifying what remote port number to connect to, instead of the one specified in the URL or the default port for the used protocol. +.IP CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY +Pass a long specifying whether the TCP_NODELAY option should be set or +cleared (1 = set, 0 = clear). The option is cleared by default. This +will have no effect after the connection has been established. + +Setting this option will disable TCP's Nagle algorithm. The purpose of +this algorithm is to try to minimize the number of small packets on +the network (where "small packets" means TCP segments less than the +Maximum Segment Size (MSS) for the network). + +Maximizing the amount of data sent per TCP segment is good because it +amortizes the overhead of the send. However, in some cases (most +notably telnet or rlogin) small segments may need to be sent +without delay. This is less efficient than sending larger amounts of +data at a time, and can contribute to congestion on the network if +overdone. .SH NAMES and PASSWORDS OPTIONS (Authentication) .IP CURLOPT_NETRC This parameter controls the preference of libcurl between using user names and |