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.TH CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE 3 "July 21, 2021" "libcurl 7.78.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"

.SH NAME
CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE \- maximum file size allowed to download
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE, long size);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter. This allows you to specify the maximum \fIsize\fP
(in bytes) of a file to download. If the file requested is found larger than
this value, the transfer will not start and \fICURLE_FILESIZE_EXCEEDED\fP will
be returned.

For protocols where the size is not known in advance (including FTP and HTTP)
this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger than
the given limit.

If you want a limit above 2GB, use \fICURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3)\fP.
.SH DEFAULT
None
.SH PROTOCOLS
FTP, HTTP and MQTT
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode ret;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  /* refuse to download if larger than 1000 bytes! */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE, 1000L);
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Always
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE "(3), " CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE "(3), "