---
name: "CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS"
section: "3"
platform: "macos"
package: "curl"
version: "166.0.0.0.1"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS"
---

# CURLOPT\_ACCEPTTIMEOUT\_MS(3)

timeout waiting for FTP server to connect back

## NAME

CURLOPT\_ACCEPTTIMEOUT\_MS - timeout waiting for FTP server to connect back

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, long ms);
```

## DESCRIPTION

Pass a long telling libcurl the maximum number of milliseconds to wait for a server to connect back to libcurl when an active FTP connection is used.

## DEFAULT

60000 milliseconds

## PROTOCOLS

FTP

## EXAMPLE

```
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/path/file");
    /* wait no more than 5 seconds for FTP server responses */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS, 5000L);
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}
```

## AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.24.0

## RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE\_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE\_UNKNOWN\_OPTION if not.

## SEE ALSO

[**CURLOPT\_CONNECTTIMEOUT\_MS**(3)](/CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS/3.md), [**CURLOPT\_DEBUGFUNCTION**(3)](/CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION/3.md), [**CURLOPT\_STDERR**(3)](/CURLOPT_STDERR/3.md)