curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS.3

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.TH CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS 3 "19 Jun 2014" libcurl libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS \- timeout waiting for FTP server to connect back
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, long ms);
.fi
.SH 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 connection is used.
.SH DEFAULT
60000 milliseconds
.SH PROTOCOLS
FTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
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);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.24.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_STDERR "(3), " CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION "(3), "