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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/max-filesize.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/max-filesize.d new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e92ef5837 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/max-filesize.d @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Long: max-filesize +Arg: <bytes> +Help: Maximum file size to download +See-also: limit-rate +--- +Specify the maximum size (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file +requested is larger than this value, the transfer will not start and curl will +return with exit code 63. + +\fBNOTE:\fP The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such +files this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger +than this given limit. This concerns both FTP and HTTP transfers. |