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-.TH CURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+.TH CURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE 3 "May 30, 2017" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE \- rate limit data upload speed
.SH SYNOPSIS
curl_off_t maxspeed);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a curl_off_t as parameter with the \fImaxspeed\fP. If an upload exceeds
-this speed (counted in bytes per second) on cumulative average during the
-transfer, the transfer will pause to keep the average rate less than or equal
-to the parameter value. Defaults to unlimited speed.
+this speed (counted in bytes per second) the transfer will pause to keep the
+speed less than or equal to the parameter value. Defaults to unlimited
+speed.
This option doesn't affect transfer speeds done with FILE:// URLs.
.SH DEFAULT
.SH PROTOCOLS
All except file://
.SH EXAMPLE
-TODO
+.nf
+CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+ CURLcode ret;
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
+ /* cap the upload speed to 1000 bytes/sec */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE, (curl_off_t)1000);
+ /* (set some upload options as well!) */
+ ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+}
+.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.15.5
.SH RETURN VALUE