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-.TH CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS 3 "4 Nov 2014" "libcurl 7.39.0" "curl_multi_setopt options"
+.TH CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS 3 "May 27, 2017" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_multi_setopt options"
+
.SH NAME
CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS \- max simultaneously open connections
.SH SYNOPSIS
limit set by \fICURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS(3)\fP. When the limit is
reached, the sessions will be pending until there are available
connections. If \fICURLMOPT_PIPELINING(3)\fP is enabled, libcurl will try to
-pipeline if the host is capable of it.
+pipeline or use multiplexing if the host is capable of it.
.SH DEFAULT
The default value is 0, which means that there is no limit. It is then simply
controlled by the number of easy handles added.
.SH PROTOCOLS
All
.SH EXAMPLE
-TODO
+.nf
+CURLM *m = curl_multi_init();
+/* never do more than 15 connections */
+curl_multi_setopt(m, CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS, 15L);
+.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.30.0
.SH RETURN VALUE