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 specifies the maximum accepted size (in bytes) of a
       file to download. If the file requested is found larger than this value, the  transfer  is
       aborted and CURLE_FILESIZE_EXCEEDED is returned.

       The file size is not always known prior to the download start, and for such transfers this
       option has no effect - even if the file transfer eventually ends up being larger than this
       given limit.

       Since 8.4.0, this option also stops ongoing transfers if they reach this threshold.

DEFAULT

       None

PROTOCOLS

       FTP, HTTP and MQTT

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode ret;
           curl_off_t ridiculous = (curl_off_t)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_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE(3), CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE(3)