From 4550a00a3ea108fac5e536e7b570513e405a3698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 09:28:28 +0200 Subject: curl_easy_getinfo.3: clarify CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD It counts "body" data only, no meta data, no headers. --- docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3') diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 index 8d000c053..196469689 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, , et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, , et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ uploaded. .IP CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total amount of bytes that were downloaded. The amount is only for the latest transfer and will be reset again -for each new transfer. +for each new transfer. This counts actual payload data, what's also commonly +called body. All meta and header data are excluded and will not be counted in +this number. .IP CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD Pass a pointer to a double to receive the average download speed that curl measured for the complete download. Measured in bytes/second. -- cgit v1.2.3