| Long: max-filesize |
| Arg: <bytes> |
| Help: Maximum file size to download |
| See-also: limit-rate |
| Category: connection |
| --- |
| Specify the maximum size (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file |
| requested is larger than this value, the transfer will not start and curl will |
| return with exit code 63. |
| |
| A size modifier may be used. For example, Appending 'k' or 'K' will count the |
| number as kilobytes, 'm' or 'M' makes it megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it |
| gigabytes. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G. (Added in 7.58.0) |
| |
| **NOTE**: For protocols where the size is not known in advance (including FTP |
| and HTTP) this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being |
| larger than the given limit. |
