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| author | Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion) <linux@rodrigosilva.com> | 2012-03-23 10:01:19 -0300 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2012-03-23 23:13:27 +0100 |
| commit | c4a8446c7087ce1502e0df5214ab1e61f168a098 (patch) | |
| tree | 10337e9dff7138227ba03cd0c811068cfb35f04c | |
| parent | 456d8db35e66f0b978950952bd4fc96d719ffbe1 (diff) | |
docs: clarify -z/--time-cond with filename (mention mtime)
Original wording could lead users in thinking it tries to
somehow parse the filename for a date expression (like
news_2012_03_05.html). It never mentions that it actually
reads the mtime of the file in filesystem.
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/curl.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 995f5de53..486ef4b15 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -1628,12 +1628,12 @@ speed-time seconds it gets aborted. speed-time is set with -y and is 30 if not set. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. -.IP "-z, --time-cond <date expression>" -(HTTP/FTP/FILE) Request a file that has been modified later than the given time -and date, or one that has been modified before that time. The date expression -can be all sorts of date strings or if it doesn't match any internal ones, it -tries to get the time from a given file name instead! See the -\fIcurl_getdate(3)\fP man pages for date expression details. +.IP "-z/--time-cond <date expression>|<file>" +(HTTP/FTP) Request a file that has been modified later than the given time and +date, or one that has been modified before that time. The <date expression> can +be all sorts of date strings or if it doesn't match any internal ones, it is +taken as a filename and tries to get the modification date (mtime) from <file> +instead. See the \fIcurl_getdate(3)\fP man pages for date expression details. Start the date expression with a dash (-) to make it request for a document that is older than the given date/time, default is a document that is newer |