curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS.md
Daniel Stenberg 54ded66618
docs/libcurl: improve easy setopt examples
- always assign the curl_easy_perform() return code (and declare
  the necessary 'result' variable for it)

- always call curl_easy_cleanup() on the created easy handles

Closes #21364
2026-04-18 23:34:39 +02:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS (3)
- CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION (3)
- CURLOPT_STDERR (3)
- CURLOPT_FTPPORT (3)
Protocol:
- FTP
Added-in: 7.24.0
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS - timeout waiting for FTP server to connect back
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, long ms);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a long telling libcurl the maximum number of milliseconds to wait for a
server to connect back to libcurl when an active FTP connection is used. When
active FTP is used, the client (libcurl) tells the server to do a TCP connect
back to the client, instead of vice versa for passive FTP.
This option has no purpose for passive FTP.
# DEFAULT
60000 milliseconds
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/path/file");
/* wait no more than 5 seconds for the FTP server to connect */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, 5000L);
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# %AVAILABILITY%
# 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).