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Re: curl: add --rate to set max request rate per time unit

From: Paul Gilmartin via curl-users <curl-users_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 07:43:20 -0600

On Apr 4, 2022, at 07:33:49, Timothe Litt wrote:
>>
>> This might allow such as "--delay 86400".
>>
> Do you really want to have a process hanging around for a day between transfers?
>
I have Firefox hanging around on my desktop far longer,
and curl iis relatively cheap.

> At that point, a cron job would be more appropriate.
>
> Even if 86400 is just a strawman/placeholder, it makes the point that the use cases (and non-use cases) for this feature need to be clarified....

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Received on 2022-04-04