c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: connect-timeout
Arg: <fractional seconds>
Help: Maximum time allowed for connection
See-also: max-time
Category: connection
Example: --connect-timeout 20 $URL
Example: --connect-timeout 3.14 $URL
Added: 7.7
Multi: single
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Maximum time in seconds that you allow curl's connection to take.  This only
limits the connection phase, so if curl connects within the given period it
will continue - if not it will exit.  Since version 7.32.0, this option
accepts decimal values.

The "connection phase" is considered complete when the DNS lookup and
requested TCP, TLS or QUIC handshakes are done.

The decimal value needs to provided using a dot (.) as decimal separator - not
the local version even if it might be using another separator.