--request-target: instead of --strip-path-slash

... and CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET instead of CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH.

This option instead provides the full "alternative" target to use in the
request, instead of extracting the path from the URL.

Test 1298 and 1299 updated accordingly.

Idea-by: Evert Pot
Suggestion: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2017/06/19/options-with-curl/comment-page-1/#comment-18373

Closes #1593

4 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST.3
index e53504491..33cce250b 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST.3
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
 CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER "(3), " CURLOPT_NOBODY "(3), "
-.BR CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH "(3), "
+.BR CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET "(3), "
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_NOBODY.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_NOBODY.3
index d0116a9ed..02590b212 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_NOBODY.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_NOBODY.3
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ Always
 Returns CURLE_OK
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR CURLOPT_HTTPGET "(3), " CURLOPT_POST "(3), "
-.BR CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH "(3), "
+.BR CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET "(3), "
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET.3
index 5d0886782..eabefaa2d 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET.3
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@
 .\" *
 .\" **************************************************************************
 .\"
-.TH CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+.TH CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
 .SH NAME
-CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH \- strip the leading slash from the path
+CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET \- specify an alternative target for this request
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
-CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH, value);
+CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Pass a long set to 1 to tell libcurl to strip out the leading slash from the
-path when used on the server.
+Pass a char * to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request instead of
+the path as extracted from the URL.
 .SH DEFAULT
-0 - use the leading slash.
+NULL
 .SH PROTOCOLS
 HTTP
 .SH EXAMPLE
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if(curl) {
   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "OPTIONS");
 
   /* issue an OPTIONS * request (no leading slash) */
-  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH, 1L);
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, "*");
 
   /* Perform the request */
   curl_easy_perform(curl);
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/Makefile.inc b/docs/libcurl/opts/Makefile.inc
index 40930dc5d..c094604d9 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/Makefile.inc
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/Makefile.inc
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ man_MANS =                                      \
   CURLOPT_READFUNCTION.3                        \
   CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS.3                     \
   CURLOPT_REFERER.3                             \
+  CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET.3                      \
   CURLOPT_RESOLVE.3                             \
   CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM.3                         \
   CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM_LARGE.3                   \
@@ -278,7 +279,6 @@ man_MANS =                                      \
   CURLOPT_STREAM_DEPENDS.3                      \
   CURLOPT_STREAM_DEPENDS_E.3                    \
   CURLOPT_STREAM_WEIGHT.3                       \
-  CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH.3                    \
   CURLOPT_SUPPRESS_CONNECT_HEADERS.3            \
   CURLOPT_TCP_FASTOPEN.3                        \
   CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE.3                       \