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23 .TH CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
25 CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH \- ignore Content-Length in HTTP response
28 #include <curl/curl.h>
30 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH,
33 If \fIignore\fP is set to 1, ignore the Content-Length header in the HTTP
34 response. This is useful for Apache 1.x (and similar servers) which will
35 report incorrect content length for files over 2 gigabytes. If this option is
36 used, curl will not be able to accurately report progress, and will simply
37 stop the download when the server ends the connection.
39 Only use this option if strictly necessary.
49 Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
51 .BR CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION "(3), " CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE "(3), "