On Thu, 27 Sep 2012, Joel Firehammer wrote:

> I have code that can download a file that can be quite large. I would rather
> not set the CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, as I don't know how large it is. In java, I can
> use blocking IO and the combination of the connect and read timeouts. As I
> understand the cURL libraries use non-blocking IO, and does not have a read
> timeout equivalent. Can anyone recommend how I would do this, that is, after
> connect, timeout if I have not received any data for X amount if time?

I decided it was about time I added a new section to the FAQ:

    http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html#I_want_a_different_time_out

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