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CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL(3)    Library Functions Manual	CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL(3)

NAME
     CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL - TCP keep-alive interval

SYNOPSIS
     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL, long interval);

DESCRIPTION
     Pass  a  long.  Sets  the	interval,  in  seconds,  to wait between sending
     keepalive probes. Not all operating systems support this option.

     The maximum value this accepts is 2147483648. Any larger value is capped to
     this amount.

DEFAULT
     60

PROTOCOLS
     This functionality affects tcp only

EXAMPLE
     int main(void)
     {
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
	 CURLcode result;
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

	 /* enable TCP keep-alive for this transfer */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE, 1L);

	 /* set keep-alive idle time to 120 seconds */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE, 120L);

	 /* interval time between keep-alive probes: 60 seconds */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL, 60L);

	 /* maximum number of keep-alive probes: 3 */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT, 3L);

	 result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
	 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }
     }

AVAILABILITY
     Added in curl 7.25.0

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).

SEE ALSO
     CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE(3)

libcurl 			   2026-06-11		CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL(3)

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