> 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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Thanks Daniel and Avi.
Setting CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT to 1024 and CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME to my timeout did the trick.
-joel
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