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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2011-04-11 10:35:16 +0200
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2011-04-11 10:35:16 +0200
commitb2e06ea166a6c57befd9113ebcd0b4662f41a56f (patch)
tree4f4a6d0f3622ddee57a14ac9b99538b4f07cc1ca
parentc66b0b32fba175d5f096c944d8ec8f9f06299f4a (diff)
curl.1: spell out the -O target directory
When using -O the file will be saved in the current directory, and this is now spelled out clearly.
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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
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@@ -916,6 +916,10 @@ part of the remote file is used, the path is cut off.)
The remote file name to use for saving is extracted from the given URL,
nothing else.
+Consequentially, the file will be saved in the current working directory. If
+you want the file saved in a different directory, make sure you change current
+working directory before you invoke curl with the \fB-O/--remote-name\fP flag!
+
You may use this option as many times as the number of URLs you have.
.IP "--remote-name-all"
This option changes the default action for all given URLs to be dealt with as