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Re: infinite "easy_transfer function" wait loop

From: Daniel Stenberg via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 12:36:54 +0100 (CET)

On Wed, 9 Feb 2022, Lilia Boneva via curl-library wrote:

> If that was the problem may be curllib should use default timeout value != 0
> (infinite!)

libcurl doesn't know how long to wait for your transfer to complete. That's
why *you* need to set suitable timeouts or other restrictions on the transfer.

Some transfers should never take longer than a few milliseconds while others
can take a week.

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Received on 2022-02-09