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Expand Up @@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ time. Further, most operations in curl have no time-out by default.

## Maximum time allowed to spend

Tell curl with `-m / --max-time` the maximum time, in seconds, that you allow
the command line to spend before curl exits with a timeout error code
(28). When the set time has elapsed, curl exits no matter what is going on at
that moment—including if it is transferring data. It really is the maximum
time allowed.
Tell curl with `-m / --max-time` the maximum time, in seconds, that you allow a single transfer attempt to take
before the transfer is aborted with a timeout error code (28). When the set time has elapsed, the transfer is
aborted no matter what is going on at that moment—including if it is transferring data.
Note that the limit applies to each retry separately. See `--retry-max-time` for the way to limit the time allowed for retries.

The given maximum time can be specified with a decimal precision; `0.5` means
500 milliseconds and `2.37` equals 2370 milliseconds.
Expand All @@ -27,8 +26,8 @@ Example:

curl --max-time 5.5 https://example.com/

(Your locale may use another symbol than a dot for expressing numerical
fractions.)
The decimal value needs to be provided using a dot (`.`) as decimal separator - not
the local version even if it might be using another separator.

## Never spend more than this to connect

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