1 Long: max-filesize 2 Arg: <bytes> 3 Help: Maximum file size to download 4 See-also: limit-rate 5 --- 6 Specify the maximum size (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file 7 requested is larger than this value, the transfer will not start and curl will 8 return with exit code 63. 9 10 A size modifier may be used. For example, Appending 'k' or 'K' will count the 11 number as kilobytes, 'm' or 'M' makes it megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it 12 gigabytes. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G. (Added in 7.58.0) 13 14 \fBNOTE:\fP The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such 15 files this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger 16 than this given limit. This concerns both FTP and HTTP transfers. 17