| c: Copyright (C) 1998 - 2022, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. |
| SPDX-License-Identifier: curl |
| Long: local-port |
| Arg: <num/range> |
| Help: Force use of RANGE for local port numbers |
| Added: 7.15.2 |
| Category: connection |
| Example: --local-port 1000-3000 $URL |
| See-also: globoff |
| Multi: single |
| --- |
| Set a preferred single number or range (FROM-TO) of local port numbers to use |
| for the connection(s). Note that port numbers by nature are a scarce resource |
| that will be busy at times so setting this range to something too narrow might |
| cause unnecessary connection setup failures. |