CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3curl_easy_setopt optionCURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE - maximum file size allowed to download
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE,
curl_off_t size);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a curl_off_t as parameter. This allows you to specify the maximum
size (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file requested is found
larger than this value, the transfer will not start and CURLE_FILE-
SIZE_EXCEEDED will be returned.
The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such files
this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being
larger than this given limit.
DEFAULT
None
PROTOCOLS
FTP, HTTP and MQTT
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode ret;
curl_off_t ridiculous = 1 << 48;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
/* refuse to download if larger than ridiculous */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE, ridiculous);
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.11.0
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
if not.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE(3), CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE(3),
libcurl 7.81.0 July 23, 2021 CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3)
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