curl_easy_getinfo.3: clarify some timing info

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Daniel Stenberg 2011-05-03 22:47:56 +02:00
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1 changed files with 7 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -80,12 +80,13 @@ waits in line for the pipeline and more. (Added in 7.19.0)
Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the
start until the file transfer is just about to begin. This includes all
pre-transfer commands and negotiations that are specific to the particular
protocol(s) involved.
protocol(s) involved. It does \fInot\fP involve the sending of the protocol-
specific request that triggers a transfer.
.IP CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME
Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the
start until the first byte is just about to be transferred. This includes
CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME and also the time the server needs to calculate
the result.
start until the first byte is received by libcurl. This includes
CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME and also the time the server needs to calculate the
result.
.IP CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME
Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total time, in seconds, it took for
all redirection steps include name lookup, connect, pretransfer and transfer
@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ file transfer is just about to begin. This includes all pre-transfer commands
and negotiations that are specific to the particular protocol(s) involved.
.IP STARTTRANSFER
\fICURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME\fP. The time it took from the start until the
first byte is just about to be transferred.
first byte is received by libcurl.
.IP TOTAL
\fICURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME\fP. Total time of the previous request.
.IP REDIRECT