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                     23: .TH CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH 3 "March 23, 2020" "libcurl 7.70.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
                     24: 
                     25: .SH NAME
                     26: CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH \- ignore content length
                     27: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     28: .nf
                     29: #include <curl/curl.h>
                     30: 
                     31: CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH,
                     32:                           long ignore);
                     33: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     34: If \fIignore\fP is set to 1L, ignore the Content-Length header in the HTTP
                     35: response and ignore asking for or relying on it for FTP transfers.
                     36: 
                     37: This is useful for HTTP with Apache 1.x (and similar servers) which will
                     38: report incorrect content length for files over 2 gigabytes. If this option is
                     39: used, curl will not be able to accurately report progress, and will simply
                     40: stop the download when the server ends the connection.
                     41: 
                     42: It is also useful with FTP when for example the file is growing while the
                     43: transfer is in progress which otherwise will unconditionally cause libcurl to
                     44: report error.
                     45: 
                     46: Only use this option if strictly necessary.
                     47: .SH DEFAULT
                     48: 0
                     49: .SH PROTOCOLS
                     50: HTTP
                     51: .SH EXAMPLE
                     52: .nf
                     53: CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
                     54: if(curl) {
                     55:   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
                     56: 
                     57:   /* we know the server is silly, ignore content-length */
                     58:   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH, 1L);
                     59: 
                     60:   curl_easy_perform(curl);
                     61: }
                     62: .fi
                     63: .SH AVAILABILITY
                     64: Added in 7.14.1. Support for FTP added in 7.46.0.
                     65: .SH RETURN VALUE
                     66: Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
                     67: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     68: .BR CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION "(3), " CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE "(3), "