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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2014-11-06 17:35:04 +0100
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2014-11-06 17:35:22 +0100
commit9f59fb6d3398ce0fcd23d0486324f78e8699452d (patch)
treeff9077f4e42d60f6d0c2b9bdffbb77e5e1cb61df
parentcfe4252744803d6fc2f7dcea7d168d2b9cceac14 (diff)
curl.1: show zone index use in a URL
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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 8f8e3d65f..d8498b925 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ probably have to put the full URL within double quotes to avoid the shell from
interfering with it. This also goes for other characters treated special, like
for example '&', '?' and '*'.
+Provide the IPv6 zone index in the URL with an escaped percentage sign and the
+interface name. Like in
+
+ http://[fe80::3%25eth0]/
+
If you specify URL without protocol:// prefix, curl will attempt to guess what
protocol you might want. It will then default to HTTP but try other protocols
based on often-used host name prefixes. For example, for host names starting