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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: max-filesize Arg: Help: Maximum file size to download Protocols: FTP HTTP MQTT Category: connection Added: 7.10.8 Multi: single See-also:
- limit-rate Example:
- --max-filesize 100K $URL ---
--max-filesize
When set to a non-zero value, it specifies the maximum size (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file requested is larger than this value, the transfer does not start and curl returns with exit code 63.
Setting the maximum value to zero disables the limit.
A size modifier may be used. For example, Appending 'k' or 'K' counts the number as kilobytes, 'm' or 'M' makes it megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it gigabytes. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G. (Added in 7.58.0)
NOTE: before curl 8.4.0, when the file size is not known prior to download, for such files this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger than this given limit.
Starting with curl 8.4.0, this option aborts the transfer if it reaches the threshold during transfer.