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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2011-05-05 11:54:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2011-05-05 11:54:58 +0200 |
| commit | 4508ea103f26f0b5b8d717e41aea11b65f067248 (patch) | |
| tree | 3b74a2b7e4e0bf738c574e0d1282d04e4bfd6e8c /docs/curl.1 | |
| parent | 558f997e99c4c8e4f6ed888a85d748b33920cdf2 (diff) | |
curl.1: --socks* options no longer needed
As we now can specify all the socks proxy types with the regular --proxy
option using protocol prefix.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/curl.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/curl.1 | 19 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index b84d2f544..812b2ebce 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -1243,6 +1243,9 @@ assumed at port 1080. (Added in 7.15.2) This option overrides any previous use of \fI-x, --proxy\fP, as they are mutually exclusive. +Since 7.21.7, this option is superfluous since you can specify a socks4 proxy +with \fI-x, --proxy\fP using a socks4:// protocol prefix. + If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--socks4a <host[:port]>" Use the specified SOCKS4a proxy. If the port number is not specified, it is @@ -1251,6 +1254,9 @@ assumed at port 1080. (Added in 7.18.0) This option overrides any previous use of \fI-x, --proxy\fP, as they are mutually exclusive. +Since 7.21.7, this option is superfluous since you can specify a socks4a proxy +with \fI-x, --proxy\fP using a socks4a:// protocol prefix. + If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--socks5-hostname <host[:port]>" Use the specified SOCKS5 proxy (and let the proxy resolve the host name). If @@ -1260,6 +1266,10 @@ the port number is not specified, it is assumed at port 1080. (Added in This option overrides any previous use of \fI-x, --proxy\fP, as they are mutually exclusive. +Since 7.21.7, this option is superfluous since you can specify a +socks5-hostnamae proxy with \fI-x, --proxy\fP using a socks5h:// protocol +prefix. + If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. (This option was previously wrongly documented and used as --socks without the number appended.) @@ -1270,6 +1280,9 @@ port number is not specified, it is assumed at port 1080. This option overrides any previous use of \fI-x, --proxy\fP, as they are mutually exclusive. +Since 7.21.7, this option is superfluous since you can specify a socks5 proxy +with \fI-x, --proxy\fP using a socks5:// protocol prefix. + If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. (This option was previously wrongly documented and used as --socks without the number appended.) @@ -1545,9 +1558,9 @@ variables, including the protocol prefix (http://) and the embedded user + password. From 7.21.7, the proxy string may be specified with a protocol:// prefix to -specify alternative proxy protocols. Use socks4://, socks4a:// or socks5:// to -request the specific SOCKS version to be used. No protocol specified, http:// -and all others will be treated as HTTP proxies. +specify alternative proxy protocols. Use socks4://, socks4a://, socks5:// or +socks5h:// to request the specific SOCKS version to be used. No protocol +specified, http:// and all others will be treated as HTTP proxies. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-X, --request <command>" |