| lh | 9ed821d | 2023-04-07 01:36:19 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | Long: limit-rate |
| 2 | Arg: <speed> |
| 3 | Help: Limit transfer speed to RATE |
| 4 | --- |
| 5 | Specify the maximum transfer rate you want curl to use - for both downloads |
| 6 | and uploads. This feature is useful if you have a limited pipe and you'd like |
| 7 | your transfer not to use your entire bandwidth. To make it slower than it |
| 8 | otherwise would be. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | The given speed is measured in bytes/second, unless a suffix is appended. |
| 11 | Appending 'k' or 'K' will count the number as kilobytes, 'm' or M' makes it |
| 12 | megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it gigabytes. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | If you also use the --speed-limit option, that option will take precedence and |
| 15 | might cripple the rate-limiting slightly, to help keeping the speed-limit |
| 16 | logic working. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. |