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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..51fd6b08 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH.3 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" * _ _ ____ _ +.\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | +.\" * / __| | | | |_) | | +.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ +.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| +.\" * +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * +.\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which +.\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms +.\" * are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. +.\" * +.\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell +.\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is +.\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. +.\" * +.\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY +.\" * KIND, either express or implied. +.\" * +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" +.TH CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" +.SH NAME +CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH \- ignore Content-Length in HTTP response +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +#include <curl/curl.h> + +CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH, + long ignore); +.SH DESCRIPTION +If \fIignore\fP is set to 1, ignore the Content-Length header in the HTTP +response. This is useful for Apache 1.x (and similar servers) which will +report incorrect content length for files over 2 gigabytes. If this option is +used, curl will not be able to accurately report progress, and will simply +stop the download when the server ends the connection. + +Only use this option if strictly necessary. +.SH DEFAULT +0 +.SH PROTOCOLS +HTTP +.SH EXAMPLE +.nf +CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); +if(curl) { + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com"); + + /* we know the server is silly, ignore content-length */ + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH, 1L); + + curl_easy_perform(curl); +} +.fi +.SH AVAILABILITY +Added in 7.14.1 +.SH RETURN VALUE +Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION "(3), " CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE "(3), " |