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  25. .TH CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE 3 "19 Jun 2014" libcurl libcurl
  26. .SH NAME
  27. CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE \- maximum file size allowed to download
  28. .SH SYNOPSIS
  29. .nf
  30. #include <curl/curl.h>
  31. CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE,
  32. curl_off_t size);
  33. .SH DESCRIPTION
  34. Pass a curl_off_t as parameter. This allows you to specify the maximum
  35. \fIsize\fP (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file requested is found
  36. larger than this value, the transfer will not start and
  37. \fICURLE_FILESIZE_EXCEEDED\fP will be returned.
  38. The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such files this
  39. option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger than this
  40. given limit.
  41. .SH DEFAULT
  42. None
  43. .SH PROTOCOLS
  44. FTP, HTTP and MQTT
  45. .SH EXAMPLE
  46. .nf
  47. CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  48. if(curl) {
  49. CURLcode ret;
  50. curl_off_t ridiculous = 1 << 48;
  51. curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  52. /* refuse to download if larger than ridiculous */
  53. curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE, ridiculous);
  54. ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  55. }
  56. .fi
  57. .SH AVAILABILITY
  58. Added in 7.11.0
  59. .SH RETURN VALUE
  60. Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
  61. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  62. .BR CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE "(3), " CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE "(3), "