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CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT(3)	    Library Functions Manual	  CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT(3)

NAME
     CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT - Maximum number of TCP keep-alive probes

SYNOPSIS
     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT, long cnt);

DESCRIPTION
     Pass  a long. Sets the number of probes to send before dropping the connec-
     tion. Not all operating systems support this option.  (Added in 8.9.0)

     The maximum value this option accepts is INT_MAX or  whatever  your  system
     allows.  Any larger value is capped to this amount.

DEFAULT
     9

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 8.9.0

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_KEEPIDLE(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL(3)

libcurl 			   2026-06-11		  CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT(3)

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