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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2021-08-31 16:37:14 +0200
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2021-09-01 14:02:43 +0200
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curl.1: provide examples for each option
The file format for each option now features a "Example:" header that can provide one or more examples that get rendered appropriately in the output. All options MUST have at least one example or gen.pl complains at build-time. This fix also does a few other minor format and consistency cleanups. Closes #7654
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Long: max-time
Short: m
-Arg: <seconds>
-Help: Maximum time allowed for the transfer
+Arg: <fractional seconds>
+Help: Maximum time allowed for transfer
See-also: connect-timeout
Category: connection
+Example: --max-time 10 $URL
+Example: --max-time 2.92 $URL
---
Maximum time in seconds that you allow the whole operation to take. This is
useful for preventing your batch jobs from hanging for hours due to slow