1 Long: connect-timeout 2 Arg: <fractional seconds> 3 Help: Maximum time allowed for connection 4 See-also: max-time 5 Category: connection 6 Example: --connect-timeout 20 $URL 7 Example: --connect-timeout 3.14 $URL 8 Added: 7.7 9 --- 10 Maximum time in seconds that you allow curl's connection to take. This only 11 limits the connection phase, so if curl connects within the given period it 12 will continue - if not it will exit. Since version 7.32.0, this option 13 accepts decimal values. 14 15 If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. 16