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.TH CURLOPT_RANGE 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_RANGE \- set byte range to request
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RANGE, char *range);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a char * as parameter, which should contain the specified range you want
to retrieve. It should be in the format "X-Y", where either X or Y may be left
out and X and Y are byte indexes.

HTTP transfers also support several intervals, separated with commas as in
\fI"X-Y,N-M"\fP. Using this kind of multiple intervals will cause the HTTP
server to send the response document in pieces (using standard MIME separation
techniques). For RTSP, the formatting of a range should follow RFC2326 Section
12.29. For RTSP, byte ranges are \fBnot\fP permitted. Instead, ranges should
be given in npt, utc, or smpte formats.

Pass a NULL to this option to disable the use of ranges.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP, FTP, FILE and RTSP
.SH EXAMPLE
TODO
.SH AVAILABILITY
FILE since 7.18.0, RTSP since 7.20.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK on success or
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM "(3), "