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- Remove misleading text that says progress function "gets called at least once per second, even if the connection is paused." The progress function behavior is more nuanced and the user is better served reading the progress function doc rather than attempt to explain it in the curl_easy_pause doc. The progress function can only be called at least once per second if an appropriate multi transfer function is called (eg curl_multi_perform) in that time. For a paused transfer there may not be such a call. Rather than explain this in detail in the curl_easy_pause doc, rely on the user reading the CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION doc. Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/8983 Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/9015
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.TH curl_easy_pause 3 "17 Dec 2007" "libcurl 7.18.0" "libcurl Manual"
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.SH NAME
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curl_easy_pause - pause and unpause a connection
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <curl/curl.h>
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.BI "CURLcode curl_easy_pause(CURL *"handle ", int "bitmask ");"
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Using this function, you can explicitly mark a running connection to get
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paused, and you can unpause a connection that was previously paused.
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A connection can be paused by using this function or by letting the read or
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the write callbacks return the proper magic return code
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(\fICURL_READFUNC_PAUSE\fP and \fICURL_WRITEFUNC_PAUSE\fP). A write callback
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that returns pause signals to the library that it could not take care of any
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data at all, and that data will then be delivered again to the callback when
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the transfer is unpaused.
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While it may feel tempting, take care and notice that you cannot call this
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function from another thread. To unpause, you may for example call it from the
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progress callback (\fICURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)\fP).
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When this function is called to unpause receiving, the chance is high that you
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will get your write callback called before this function returns.
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The \fBhandle\fP argument identifies the transfer you want to pause or
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unpause.
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A paused transfer is excluded from low speed cancels via the
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\fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3)\fP option and unpausing a transfer will reset
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the time period required for the low speed limit to be met.
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The \fBbitmask\fP argument is a set of bits that sets the new state of the
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connection. The following bits can be used:
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.IP CURLPAUSE_RECV
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Pause receiving data. There will be no data received on this connection until
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this function is called again without this bit set. Thus, the write callback
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(\fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3)\fP) will not be called.
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.IP CURLPAUSE_SEND
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Pause sending data. There will be no data sent on this connection until this
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function is called again without this bit set. Thus, the read callback
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(\fICURLOPT_READFUNCTION(3)\fP) will not be called.
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.IP CURLPAUSE_ALL
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Convenience define that pauses both directions.
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.IP CURLPAUSE_CONT
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Convenience define that unpauses both directions.
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.SH LIMITATIONS
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The pausing of transfers does not work with protocols that work without
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network connectivity, like FILE://. Trying to pause such a transfer, in any
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direction, will cause problems in the worst case or an error in the best case.
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.SH MULTIPLEXED
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When a connection is used multiplexed, like for HTTP/2, and one of the
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transfers over the connection is paused and the others continue flowing,
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libcurl might end up buffering contents for the paused transfer. It has to do
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this because it needs to drain the socket for the other transfers and the
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already announced window size for the paused transfer will allow the server to
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continue sending data up to that window size amount. By default, libcurl
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announces a 32 megabyte window size, which thus can make libcurl end up
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buffering 32 megabyte of data for a paused stream.
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When such a paused stream is unpaused again, any buffered data will be
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delivered first.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.nf
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/* pause a transfer in both directions */
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curl_easy_pause(curl, CURL_READFUNC_PAUSE | CURL_WRITEFUNC_PAUSE);
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.fi
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.SH "MEMORY USE"
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When pausing a read by returning the magic return code from a write callback,
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the read data is already in libcurl's internal buffers so it will have to keep
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it in an allocated buffer until the receiving is again unpaused using this
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function.
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If the downloaded data is compressed and is asked to get uncompressed
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automatically on download, libcurl will continue to uncompress the entire
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downloaded chunk and it will cache the data uncompressed. This has the side-
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effect that if you download something that is compressed a lot, it can result
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in a large data amount needing to be allocated to save the data during the
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pause. This said, you should probably consider not using paused receiving if
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you allow libcurl to uncompress data automatically.
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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Added in 7.18.0.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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CURLE_OK (zero) means that the option was set properly, and a non-zero return
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code means something wrong occurred after the new state was set. See the
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\fIlibcurl-errors(3)\fP man page for the full list with descriptions.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR curl_easy_cleanup "(3), " curl_easy_reset "(3)"
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