usingcurl/connections/keepalive.md: mention --keepalive-cnt

Fixes #467
curl · Jun 18, 2024 · bcf9738 · bcf9738
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diff --git a/index-words b/index-words
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 --http3-only
 --ipfs-gateway
 --json
+--keepalive-cnt
 --keepalive-time
 --libcurl
 --limit-rate
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 --no-clobber
 --no-eprt
 --no-epsv
+--no-keepalive
 --ntlm
 --output-dir
 --parallel
@@ -254,9 +256,9 @@ CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER
 CURLOPT_SSLVERSION
 CURLOPT_STDERR
 CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE
+CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT
 CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE
 CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL
-CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT
 CURLOPT_TIMEOUT
 CURLOPT_TLSAUTH_USERNAME
 CURLOPT_UPLOAD

diff --git a/usingcurl/connections/keepalive.md b/usingcurl/connections/keepalive.md
@@ -28,3 +28,9 @@ switch off keepalive with:
 or change the interval to 5 minutes (300 seconds) with:
 
     curl --keepalive-time 300 https://example.com/
+
+Starting in curl 8.9.0 you can set the number of keepalive probes curl sends
+but not getting a response to before it gives up, with `--keepalive-cnt`. Like
+this:
+
+    curl --keepalive-cnt 3 https://example.com