Commit 0b4bdcf1 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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clarify the INFILESIZE option(s)

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@@ -1014,10 +1014,16 @@ to POST with \fICURLOPT_POST\fP etc.
When uploading a file to a remote site, this option should be used to tell
libcurl what the expected size of the infile is. This value should be passed
as a long. See also \fICURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE\fP.

Note that this option does not limit how much data libcurl will actually send,
as that is controlled entirely by what the read callback returns.
.IP CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE
When uploading a file to a remote site, this option should be used to tell
libcurl what the expected size of the infile is.  This value should be passed
as a curl_off_t. (Added in 7.11.0)

Note that this option does not limit how much data libcurl will actually send,
as that is controlled entirely by what the read callback returns.
.IP CURLOPT_UPLOAD
A non-zero parameter tells the library to prepare for an upload. The
\fICURLOPT_READDATA\fP and \fICURLOPT_INFILESIZE\fP or