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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
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SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
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Long: max-filesize
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Arg: <bytes>
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Help: Maximum file size to download
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Protocols: FTP HTTP MQTT
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Category: connection
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Added: 7.10.8
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Multi: single
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See-also:
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- limit-rate
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Example:
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- --max-filesize 100K $URL
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# `--max-filesize`
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When set to a non-zero value, it specifies the maximum size (in bytes) of a
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file to download. If the file requested is larger than this value, the
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transfer does not start and curl returns with exit code 63.
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Setting the maximum value to zero disables the limit.
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A size modifier may be used. For example, Appending 'k' or 'K' counts the
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number as kilobytes, 'm' or 'M' makes it megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it
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gigabytes. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G. (Added in 7.58.0)
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**NOTE**: before curl 8.4.0, when the file size is not known prior to
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download, for such files this option has no effect even if the file transfer
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ends up being larger than this given limit.
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Starting with curl 8.4.0, this option aborts the transfer if it reaches the
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threshold during transfer.
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