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53 <p class="level0"><a name="NAME"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">NAME</h2>
54 <p class="level0">CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE - set size of the input file to send off <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">SYNOPSIS</h2>
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56 #include <curl/curl.h>
58 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE,
59 curl_off_t filesize);
61 <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">DESCRIPTION</h2>
62 <p class="level0">When uploading a file to a remote site, <span Class="emphasis">filesize</span> should be used to tell libcurl what the expected size of the input file is. This value must be passed as a <span Class="bold">curl_off_t</span>.
63 <p class="level0">For uploading using SCP, this option or <a Class="emphasis" href="./CURLOPT_INFILESIZE.html">CURLOPT_INFILESIZE</a> is mandatory.
64 <p class="level0">To unset this value again, set it to -1.
65 <p class="level0">When sending emails using SMTP, this command can be used to specify the optional SIZE parameter for the MAIL FROM command.
66 <p class="level0">This option does not limit how much data libcurl will actually send, as that is controlled entirely by what the read callback returns, but telling one value and sending a different amount may lead to errors. <a name="DEFAULT"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">DEFAULT</h2>
67 <p class="level0">Unset <a name="PROTOCOLS"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">PROTOCOLS</h2>
68 <p class="level0">Many <a name="EXAMPLE"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">EXAMPLE</h2>
69 <p class="level0"><pre class="level0">
70 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
72 curl_off_t uploadsize = FILE_SIZE;
74 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/destination.tar.gz");
76 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);
78 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE, uploadsize);
80 curl_easy_perform(curl);
84 <p class="level0"><a name="AVAILABILITY"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">AVAILABILITY</h2>
85 <p class="level0">SMTP support added in 7.23.0 <a name="RETURN"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">RETURN VALUE</h2>
86 <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>
87 <p class="level0"><a Class="manpage" href="./CURLOPT_INFILESIZE.html">CURLOPT_INFILESIZE</a>, <a Class="manpage" href="./CURLOPT_UPLOAD.html">CURLOPT_UPLOAD</a><p class="roffit">
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