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CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS(3)	   Library Functions Manual	CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS - maximum connection	cache size

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode	curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS, long amount);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass  a	long. The set amount is	the maximum number of connections that
       libcurl may keep	alive in its connection	cache after use.  The  default
       is 5, and there is not much point in changing this value	unless you are
       perfectly  aware	of how this works. This	concerns connections using any
       of the protocols	that support persistent	connections.

       When reaching the maximum limit,	 curl  closes  the  oldest  connection
       present in the cache to prevent the number of connections from increas-
       ing.

       If  you already have performed transfers	with this curl handle, setting
       a smaller CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS(3)	than before may	cause open connections
       to get closed unnecessarily.

       If you add this easy handle to a	multi handle, this setting is not  ac-
       knowledged, and you must	instead	use curl_multi_setopt(3) and the CURL-
       MOPT_MAXCONNECTS(3) option.

DEFAULT
       5

PROTOCOLS
       This functionality affects all supported	protocols

EXAMPLE
       int main(void)
       {
	 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
	 if(curl) {
	   CURLcode ret;
	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
	   /* limit the	connection cache for this handle to no more than 3 */
	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS, 3L);
	   ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
	 }
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in	curl 7.7

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
       CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS(3),	    CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS(3),	 CURL-
       MOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS(3), CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS(3)

libcurl				  2025-06-03		CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS(3)

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