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1 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
2 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
3 Long: connect-timeout
4 Arg: <fractional seconds>
5 Help: Maximum time allowed for connection
6 See-also: max-time
7 Category: connection
8 Example: --connect-timeout 20 $URL
9 Example: --connect-timeout 3.14 $URL
10 Added: 7.7
11 Multi: single
12 ---
13 Maximum time in seconds that you allow curl's connection to take.  This only
14 limits the connection phase, so if curl connects within the given period it
15 continues - if not it exits.
16 
17 This option accepts decimal values (added in 7.32.0). The decimal value needs
18 to be provided using a dot (.) as decimal separator - not the local version
19 even if it might be using another separator.
20 
21 The connection phase is considered complete when the DNS lookup and requested
22 TCP, TLS or QUIC handshakes are done.
23