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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/curl.1 | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 0d0e12f91..9e1a6883b 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ server sends an unsupported encoding, curl will report an error. .IP "--connect-timeout <seconds>" Maximum time in seconds that you allow the connection to the server to take. This only limits the connection phase, once curl has connected this option is -of no more use. See also the \fI-m, --max-time\fP option. +of no more use. Since 7.32.0, this option accepts decimal values, but the +actual timeout will decrease in accuracy as the specified timeout increases in +decimal precision. See also the \fI-m, --max-time\fP option. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--create-dirs" @@ -813,7 +815,10 @@ Basic authentication). .IP "-m, --max-time <seconds>" Maximum time in seconds that you allow the whole operation to take. This is useful for preventing your batch jobs from hanging for hours due to slow -networks or links going down. See also the \fI--connect-timeout\fP option. +networks or links going down. Since 7.32.0, this option accepts decimal +values, but the actual timeout will decrease in accuracy as the specified +timeout increases in decimal precision. See also the \fI--connect-timeout\fP +option. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--mail-auth <address>" |