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23 .TH CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
25 CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE \- set preferred receive buffer size
27 #include <curl/curl.h>
29 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE, long size);
31 Pass a long specifying your preferred \fIsize\fP (in bytes) for the receive
32 buffer in libcurl. The main point of this would be that the write callback
33 gets called more often and with smaller chunks. This is just treated as a
34 request, not an order. You cannot be guaranteed to actually get the given
37 This size is by default set as big as possible (\fICURL_MAX_WRITE_SIZE\fP), so
38 it only makes sense to use this option if you want it smaller.
48 Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
50 .BR CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED "(3), " CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION "(3), "