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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2009-10-01 07:37:58 +0000
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2009-10-01 07:37:58 +0000
commit492aed14504e1d6bdb71476bf146287d1ae2fa64 (patch)
tree33e49af4ca5656f128d90cd7431c9a428449234d
parentcd91a1eeca55dd2e74efef49773d4494c962e6a9 (diff)
mention some alternative method names in the docs for --request
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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
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@@ -1429,7 +1429,9 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
(HTTP) Specifies a custom request method to use when communicating with the
HTTP server. The specified request will be used instead of the method
otherwise used (which defaults to GET). Read the HTTP 1.1 specification for
-details and explanations.
+details and explanations. Common additional HTTP requests include PUT and
+DELETE, but related technologies like WebDAV offers PROPFIND, COPY, MOVE and
+more.
(FTP)
Specifies a custom FTP command to use instead of LIST when doing file lists