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RE: detect if an upload/download is finished or failed

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel-curl_at_haxx.se>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 14:03:22 +0100 (CET)

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Sebastien WILLEMIJNS wrote:

> hum... notion of errorlevel programmed by default in CURL was very
> detailed sic !

It's called exit codes in the curl manual, as that's the unix name for it.

> generally, people wants to know if transferts failed or not..

Yes. And if it fails, they want to know why. That's why you can use the exit
code to see if it worked (it returns zero) or why it failed (a non-zero
value).

> i'm only want to know if tranferts fails or not

Use the exit code as Kevin showed.

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Received on 2004-01-02