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authorKim Vandry <vandry@TZoNE.ORG>2013-09-19 10:06:36 -0400
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2013-09-20 23:09:39 +0200
commitfcfa26a7ee8ea45ff46663759c5ba90c109f0efa (patch)
tree5645e816f1c69b21514d4882d0b3f9044db5f994
parent18db7438512de1d6f63c616af5755ea2859597b8 (diff)
Documented --dns-* options in curl manpage
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@@ -396,6 +396,39 @@ is an alias for \fB--disable-epsv\fP.
Disabling EPSV only changes the passive behavior. If you want to switch to
active mode you need to use \fI-P, --ftp-port\fP.
+.IP "--dns-interface <interface>"
+Tell curl to send outgoing DNS requests through <interface>. This option
+is a counterpart to \fI--interface\fP (which does not affect DNS). The
+supplied string must be an interface name (not an address).
+
+This option requires that libcurl was built with a resolver backend that
+supports this operation. The c-ares backend is the only such one. (Added in
+7.33.0)
+.IP "--dns-ipv4-addr <ip-address>"
+Tell curl to bind to <ip-address> when making IPv4 DNS requests, so that
+the DNS requests originate from this address. The argument should be a
+single IPv4 address.
+
+This option requires that libcurl was built with a resolver backend that
+supports this operation. The c-ares backend is the only such one. (Added in
+7.33.0)
+.IP "--dns-ipv6-addr <ip-address>"
+Tell curl to bind to <ip-address> when making IPv6 DNS requests, so that
+the DNS requests originate from this address. The argument should be a
+single IPv6 address.
+
+This option requires that libcurl was built with a resolver backend that
+supports this operation. The c-ares backend is the only such one. (Added in
+7.33.0)
+.IP "--dns-servers <ip-address,ip-address>"
+Set the list of DNS servers to be used instead of the system default.
+The list of IP addresses should be separated with commas. Port numbers
+may also optionally be given as \fI:<port-number>\fP after each IP
+address.
+
+This option requires that libcurl was built with a resolver backend that
+supports this operation. The c-ares backend is the only such one. (Added in
+7.33.0)
.IP "-e, --referer <URL>"
(HTTP) Sends the "Referer Page" information to the HTTP server. This can also
be set with the \fI-H, --header\fP flag of course. When used with