using cURL from the command line

lauram93 · 06-03-2009, 03:44 PM

Hi,

We currently use cURL from the command line to upload data to a database server. My knowledge of cURL is limited. I want to know how to find out what the value is for the timeout. I think there is a variable but I don't know how to access it.

Thanks in advance
Laura

acid_kewpie · 06-03-2009, 04:41 PM

Please check the manpage for basic application usage in future. You want the -m option for an app which may be slow to processes data, --connect-timeout for the raw tcp connection to be established.

lauram93 · 06-03-2009, 04:55 PM

I know how to set the timeout. But how do I find out what the timeout currently is?

lauram93 · 06-05-2009, 12:41 PM

Sorry if this is a dumb question. But I did look at the man page and I see the options to set the timeout (--connect-timeout and -m/--max-time) and we're not using these when we call curl yet there is still a timeout because the server was down one day and the command (which was called from an automated script) eventually timed out after awhile. I just want to know what the default timeout is.

acid_kewpie · 06-05-2009, 01:08 PM

I think it's 180 seconds, but just try it yourself, try to do a curl of a port that's not listening, e.g. google.com:12345