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| author | Jay Satiro <raysatiro@yahoo.com> | 2017-02-09 18:26:16 -0500 |
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| committer | Jay Satiro <raysatiro@yahoo.com> | 2017-02-09 18:26:16 -0500 |
| commit | 7017c421a1683a809c7cc18459a16bafc736626f (patch) | |
| tree | e7507cb2d6583351d546c44a942b18b4d55a916a /docs/cmdline-opts/preproxy.d | |
| parent | 1dcf2447212996f0772f953f38ac5930ba3311b3 (diff) | |
cmdline-opts/socks*: Mention --preproxy in --socks* opts
- Document in --socks* opts they're still mutually exclusive of --proxy.
Partial revert of 423a93c; I had misinterpreted the SOCKS proxy +
HTTP/HTTPS proxy combination.
- Document in --socks* opts that --preproxy can be used to specify a
SOCKS proxy at the same time --proxy is used with an HTTP/HTTPS proxy.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/cmdline-opts/preproxy.d')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/cmdline-opts/preproxy.d | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/preproxy.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/preproxy.d index ebef4ab07..b8eb77fa4 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/preproxy.d +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/preproxy.d @@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ Arg: [protocol://]host[:port] Help: Use this proxy first Added: 7.52.0 --- -Use the specified proxy before connecting to the ordinary proxy. Hence pre -proxy. A pre proxy must be a SOCKS speaking proxy. +Use the specified SOCKS proxy before connecting to an HTTP or HTTPS --proxy. In +such a case curl first connects to the SOCKS proxy and then connects (through +SOCKS) to the HTTP or HTTPS proxy. Hence pre proxy. The pre proxy string should be specified with a protocol:// prefix to specify alternative proxy protocols. Use socks4://, socks4a://, socks5:// or |