From ade337d79e1920c7836ca34b62595fcd42bd85c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 22:47:56 +0200 Subject: curl_easy_getinfo.3: clarify some timing info --- docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 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 2629755e8..eb4e900dd 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_getinfo.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2010, Daniel Stenberg, , et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2011, 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 @@ -80,12 +80,13 @@ waits in line for the pipeline and more. (Added in 7.19.0) Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the start until the file transfer is just about to begin. This includes all pre-transfer commands and negotiations that are specific to the particular -protocol(s) involved. +protocol(s) involved. It does \fInot\fP involve the sending of the protocol- +specific request that triggers a transfer. .IP CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the -start until the first byte is just about to be transferred. This includes -CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME and also the time the server needs to calculate -the result. +start until the first byte is received by libcurl. This includes +CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME and also the time the server needs to calculate the +result. .IP CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total time, in seconds, it took for all redirection steps include name lookup, connect, pretransfer and transfer @@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ file transfer is just about to begin. This includes all pre-transfer commands and negotiations that are specific to the particular protocol(s) involved. .IP STARTTRANSFER \fICURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME\fP. The time it took from the start until the -first byte is just about to be transferred. +first byte is received by libcurl. .IP TOTAL \fICURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME\fP. Total time of the previous request. .IP REDIRECT -- cgit v1.2.3