CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3)                          curl_easy_setopt options

NAME
       CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE - maximum file size allowed to download

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE,
                                 curl_off_t size);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a curl_off_t as parameter. This allows you to specify the maximum
       size (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file requested is found
       larger than this value, the transfer will not start and
       CURLE_FILESIZE_EXCEEDED will be returned.

       The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such files
       this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being
       larger than this given limit. This concerns both FTP and HTTP
       transfers.

DEFAULT
       None

PROTOCOLS
       FTP and HTTP

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         CURLcode ret;
         curl_off_t ridiculous = 1 << 48;
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
         /* refuse to download if larger than ridiculous */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE, ridiculous);
         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.11.0

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
       if not.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE(3), CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE(3),

libcurl 7.77.0                 November 4, 2020   CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3)