Added: 4.7
See-also: speed-time limit-rate max-time
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-If a download is slower than this given speed (in bytes per second) for
+If a transfer is slower than this given speed (in bytes per second) for
speed-time seconds it gets aborted. speed-time is set with --speed-time and is
30 if not set.
Added: 4.7
See-also: speed-limit limit-rate
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-If a download is slower than speed-limit bytes per second during a speed-time
-period, the download gets aborted. If speed-time is used, the default
+If a transfer runs slower than speed-limit bytes per second during a speed-time
+period, the transfer is aborted. If speed-time is used, the default
speed-limit will be 1 unless set with --speed-limit.
-This option controls transfers and thus will not affect slow connects etc. If
-this is a concern for you, try the --connect-timeout option.
+This option controls transfers (in both directions) but will not affect slow
+connects etc. If this is a concern for you, try the --connect-timeout option.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.