CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT(3) Introduction to Library Functions

NAME

CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT - Maximum number of TCP keep-alive probes

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT, long cnt);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long. Sets the number of probes to send before dropping the
connection. Not all operating systems support this option. (Added in
8.9.0)

The maximum value this option accepts is INT_MAX or whatever your
system allows. Any larger value is capped to this amount.

DEFAULT

9

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects tcp only

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

/* enable TCP keep-alive for this transfer */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE, 1L);

/* set keep-alive idle time to 120 seconds */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE, 120L);

/* interval time between keep-alive probes: 60 seconds */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL, 60L);

/* maximum number of keep-alive probes: 3 */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT, 3L);

curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 8.9.0

RETURN VALUE

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error
occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE(3),
CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL(3)

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