curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT.md

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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Title: CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT Section: 3 Source: libcurl See-also:

• CURLOPT_FAILONERROR (3)
• CURLOPT_RESOLVE (3) Protocol:
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NAME

CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT - allow to exit quickly

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT,
                          long value);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long as a parameter, 1L meaning that when recovering from a timeout, libcurl should skip lengthy cleanups that are intended to avoid all kinds of leaks (threads etc.), as the caller program is about to call exit() anyway. This allows for a swift termination after a DNS timeout for example, by canceling and/or forgetting about a resolver thread, at the expense of a possible (though short-lived) leak of associated resources.

DEFAULT

0

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode ret;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT, 1L);
    ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.87.0

RETURN VALUE

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