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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/max-time.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/max-time.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ad8bdedc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/max-time.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +--- +c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +SPDX-License-Identifier: curl +Long: max-time +Short: m +Arg: <fractional seconds> +Help: Maximum time allowed for transfer +Category: connection +Added: 4.0 +Multi: single +See-also: + - connect-timeout + - retry-max-time +Example: + - --max-time 10 $URL + - --max-time 2.92 $URL +--- + +# `--max-time` + +Maximum time in seconds that you allow each transfer to take. This is useful +for preventing your batch jobs from hanging for hours due to slow networks or +links going down. This option accepts decimal values (added in 7.32.0). + +If you enable retrying the transfer (--retry) then the maximum time counter is +reset each time the transfer is retried. You can use --retry-max-time to limit +the retry time. + +The decimal value needs to provided using a dot (.) as decimal separator - not +the local version even if it might be using another separator. |