Commit 4550a00a authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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curl_easy_getinfo.3: clarify CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD 

It counts "body" data only, no meta data, no headers.
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.IP CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD

Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total amount of bytes that were

downloaded. The amount is only for the latest transfer and will be reset again

for each new transfer.

for each new transfer. This counts actual payload data, what's also commonly

called body. All meta and header data are excluded and will not be counted in

this number.

.IP CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD

Pass a pointer to a double to receive the average download speed that curl

measured for the complete download. Measured in bytes/second.