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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2020-03-09 14:59:21 +0100
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2020-03-13 16:56:41 +0100
commit0845ecbb6dcaadad4a4891f7e85efb8c8e626ff6 (patch)
treea95c964c1bd37aa267bb96648b5a9cf2ae439766 /docs/cmdline-opts
parentfe8ba51209959c6ff200b4f7c847c7a3fc53ecfa (diff)
docs: add warnings about FILE: URLs on Windows
- --url man page section - libcurl-security.3 gets the full text - CURLOPT_URL.3 Reported-by: Tim Sedlmeyer
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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/url.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/url.d
index ce52cdf06..991f1f27c 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/url.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/url.d
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ setting a default protocol, see --proto-default for details.
This option may be used any number of times. To control where this URL is
written, use the --output or the --remote-name options.
+
+Warning: On Windows, particular file:// accesses can be converted to network
+accesses by the operating system. Beware!