CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL(3)

CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL3

Tcp keep-alive interval

Usage

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL, long interval);

Overview

Pass a long. Sets the interval, in seconds, to wait between sending keepalive probes. Not all operating systems support this option. (Added in 7.25.0)

The maximum value this accepts is 2147483648. Any larger value is capped to this amount.

Default

60

Protocols

All

Examples

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    /* enable TCP keep-alive for this transfer */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE, 1L);
    /* set keep-alive idle time to 120 seconds */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE, 120L);
    /* interval time between keep-alive probes: 60 seconds */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL, 60L);
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}

Return value

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

Releases

79 releases since OS X 10.10; the text changed 14 times.

  1. 10.10–10.10.4
  2. 10.10.5–10.11.6
  3. 10.12–10.12.5
  4. 10.12.6–10.14.6
  5. 10.15–11.5
  6. 12.0.1–12.2
  7. 12.3–12.5
  8. 13.0
  9. 13.1
  10. 13.2
  11. 13.3
  12. 13.4
  13. 13.5–14.1
  14. 14.2–14.4
  15. 14.5–26.5

Availability

Always

From curl 166.0.0.0.1 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.