Added 5.5 the CURLOPT_FILE problem on win32, DeYoung provided it!

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diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ
index c88fcd0c4..260023ce2 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ
+++ b/docs/FAQ
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Updated: January 15, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml)
+Updated: January 22, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml)
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@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ FAQ
   5.2 How can I receive all data into a large memory chunk?
   5.3 How do I fetch multiple files with libcurl?
   5.4 Does libcurl do Winsock initing on win32 systems?
+  5.5 Does CURLOPT_FILE work on win32 ?
 
  6. License Issues
   6.1 I have a GPL program, can I use the libcurl library?
@@ -472,6 +473,15 @@ FAQ
   use several different libraries and parts, and there's no reason for every
   single library to do this.
 
+  5.5 Does CURLOPT_FILE work on win32 ?
+
+  Yes, but you cannot open a FILE * and pass the pointer to a DLL and have
+  that DLL use the FILE *. You must use CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION as well to set a
+  function that writes the file, even if that simply writes the data to the
+  specified FILE*.
+
+  (provided by Joel DeYoung)
+
 6. License Issues
 
   NOTE: This section is now updated to concern curl 7.5.2 or later!