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syntax - Configuration file measurement units


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nginx supports several measurement units for specifying
sizes, offsets, and time intervals within configuration files.




=head1 Sizes and offsets



Sizes can be specified in bytes, kilobytes, or megabytes
using the following suffixes:


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C<k> and C<K> for kilobytes



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C<m> and C<M> for megabytes



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For example,
“C<1024>”, “C<8k>”, “C<1m>”.





Offsets can be also specified in gigabytes using the
C<g> or C<G> suffixes.




=head1 Time intervals



Time intervals can be specified in milliseconds, seconds,
minutes, hours, days and so on, using the following suffixes:

ms       milliseconds
 s  seconds (default)
 m            minutes
 h              hours
 d               days
 w              weeks
 M    months, 30 days
 y    years, 365 days






Multiple units can be combined in a single value
by specifying them in the order from the most to the least significant,
and optionally separated by whitespace.
For example, “C<1h 30m>” specifies the same time
as “C<90m>” or “C<5400s>”.






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A value without a suffix means seconds.





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It is recommended to always specify a suffix.





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Certain time intervals can be specified only with a seconds resolution.





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