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23 .TH CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE 3 "February 03, 2016" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
26 CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE \- set size of the input file to send off
29 #include <curl/curl.h>
31 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE,
34 When uploading a file to a remote site, \fIfilesize\fP should be used to tell
35 libcurl what the expected size of the input file is. This value must be passed
36 as a \fBcurl_off_t\fP.
38 For uploading using SCP, this option or \fICURLOPT_INFILESIZE(3)\fP is
41 To unset this value again, set it to -1.
43 When sending emails using SMTP, this command can be used to specify the
44 optional SIZE parameter for the MAIL FROM command.
46 This option does not limit how much data libcurl will actually send, as that
47 is controlled entirely by what the read callback returns, but telling one
48 value and sending a different amount may lead to errors.
55 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
57 curl_off_t uploadsize = FILE_SIZE;
59 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/destination.tar.gz");
61 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);
63 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE, uploadsize);
65 curl_easy_perform(curl);
69 SMTP support added in 7.23.0
71 Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
73 .BR CURLOPT_INFILESIZE "(3), " CURLOPT_UPLOAD "(3), "