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curlopt_accepttimeout_ms

CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS(3)				     curl_easy_setopt options				       CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS(3)

NAME

       CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS - timeout waiting for FTP server to connect back

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, long ms);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a	long telling libcurl the maximum number of milliseconds to wait for a server to connect back to libcurl when an active FTP connec-
       tion is used.

DEFAULT

       60000 milliseconds

PROTOCOLS

       FTP

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/path/file");

	 /* wait no more than 5 seconds for FTP server responses */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, 5000L);

	 curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.24.0

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_STDERR(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3),

libcurl 7.54.0							  March 06, 2016				       CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS(3)