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<p class="level0"><a name="NAME"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">NAME</h2>
-<p class="level0">CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH - ignore Content-Length in HTTP response <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">SYNOPSIS</h2>
-<p class="level0"><pre>
-<p class="level0">#include <curl/curl.h>
- <p class="level0">CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH,
- long ignore);
- </pre>
+<p class="level0">CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH - ignore content length <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">SYNOPSIS</h2>
+<p class="level0"><pre class="level0">
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH,
+ long ignore);
+</pre>
<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">DESCRIPTION</h2>
-<p class="level0">If <span Class="emphasis">ignore</span> 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.
+<p class="level0">If <span Class="emphasis">ignore</span> is set to 1L, ignore the Content-Length header in the HTTP response and ignore asking for or relying on it for FTP transfers.
+<p class="level0">This is useful for HTTP with 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.
+<p class="level0">It is also useful with FTP when for example the file is growing while the transfer is in progress which otherwise will unconditionally cause libcurl to report error.
<p class="level0">Only use this option if strictly necessary. <a name="DEFAULT"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">DEFAULT</h2>
<p class="level0">0 <a name="PROTOCOLS"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">PROTOCOLS</h2>
<p class="level0">HTTP <a name="EXAMPLE"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">EXAMPLE</h2>
-<p class="level0">TODO <a name="AVAILABILITY"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">AVAILABILITY</h2>
-<p class="level0">Added in 7.14.1 <a name="RETURN"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">RETURN VALUE</h2>
+<p class="level0"><pre class="level0">
+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);
+}
+</pre>
+
+<p class="level0"><a name="AVAILABILITY"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">AVAILABILITY</h2>
+<p class="level0">Added in 7.14.1. Support for FTP added in 7.46.0. <a name="RETURN"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">RETURN VALUE</h2>
<p class="level0">Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. <a name="SEE"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">SEE ALSO</h2>
-<p class="level0"><a Class="manpage" href="./CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION.html">CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION</a>, <a Class="manpage" href="./CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE.html">CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE</a>, <span Class="manpage"> </span> <p class="roffit">
+<p class="level0"><a Class="manpage" href="./CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION.html">CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION</a>, <a Class="manpage" href="./CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE.html">CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE</a><p class="roffit">
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