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.TH CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS 3 "2025-07-07" libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS \- timeout waiting for FTP server to connect back
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, long ms);
.fi
.SH 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.
.SH DEFAULT
60000 milliseconds
.SH PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects ftp only
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/path/file");

    /* wait no more than 5 seconds for FTP server responses */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, 5000L);

    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.24.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
\fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non\-zero means an error occurred, see
\fIlibcurl\-errors(3)\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS (3),
.BR CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION (3),
.BR CURLOPT_STDERR (3)