CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGcurl_easy_setopt opCURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH(3)NAMECURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH - ignore content length
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH,
long ignore);
DESCRIPTION
If ignore is set to 1L, ignore the Content-Length header in the HTTP
response and ignore asking for or relying on it for FTP transfers.
This is useful for HTTP with Apache 1.x (and similar servers) which
will report incorrect content length for files over 2 gigabytes. If
this option is used, curl will not be able to accurately report
progress, and will simply stop the download when the server ends the
connection.
It is also useful with FTP when for example the file is growing while
the transfer is in progress which otherwise will unconditionally cause
libcurl to report error.
Only use this option if strictly necessary.
DEFAULT
0
PROTOCOLS
HTTP
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
/* we know the server is silly, ignore content-length */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH, 1L);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.14.1. Support for FTP added in 7.46.0.
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
if not.
SEE ALSOCURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION(3), CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3),
libcurl 7.37.0 19 Jun 2014 CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH(3)
