On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Max WebMaster wrote:

> Is there a setting in curl to control the timeout wait
> length?
> The "-m" switch does nothing regardless how (or if at all)
> used.

I believe the -m switch sets the request timeout (time it takes to return
a web page after a connection has been made and a request has been set).
The connection timeout is different entirely.

The -m is needed because it's possible a CGI script (for example) could
take forever to return any data.

> No need to put me down for asking something
> I do not know much about ;-)

I apologize.
Received on 2001-04-29