NAME¶

CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT - Maximum number of TCP keep-alive probes

SYNOPSIS¶

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

DESCRIPTION¶

Pass a long. Sets the number of probes to send before dropping the connection. Not all operating systems support this option. (Added in 8.9.0)

The maximum value this option accepts is INT_MAX or whatever your system allows. Any larger value is capped to this amount.

DEFAULT¶

9

PROTOCOLS¶

This functionality affects tcp only

EXAMPLE¶

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);


    /* maximum number of keep-alive probes: 3 */


    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT, 3L);


    curl_easy_perform(curl);


  }
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Added in curl 8.9.0

RETURN VALUE¶

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO¶

CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL(3)