On 22 May 2002, yarram sunil wrote:

> How does curl manages the persistent connections? Does it send keep-alive
> messages periodically to make the connection persistent?

Persistent HTTP/FTP connections are made persistent only by the server end.
curl can't do anything to extend their life times or keep them alive using
some kind of messages (other than actual protocol requests/commands).

Also, libcurl has no threading or anything so it can't do anything while not
in control.

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