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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2005-07-27 22:29:50 +0000
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2005-07-27 22:29:50 +0000
commit726b9e2240a272304cefc61b6fb9d9bb9a9a78f4 (patch)
tree0241cfe3bfc111830ffb5f24329f2a5cd326d6fe /docs
parent2236ba0d206fe9fef5d93889ee652feaa03fe089 (diff)
If any of the options CURLOPT_HTTPGET, CURLOPT_POST and CURLOPT_HTTPPOST is
set to 1, CURLOPT_NOBODY will now automatically be set to 0.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.315
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index 75fc28926..8f653f595 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
.\" * $Id$
.\" **************************************************************************
.\"
-.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "13 Jul 2005" "libcurl 7.14.1" "libcurl Manual"
+.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "28 Jul 2005" "libcurl 7.14.1" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl_easy_setopt - set options for a curl easy handle
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -525,8 +525,11 @@ adding a header like "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" with
\fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER\fP. With HTTP 1.0 or without chunked transfer, you must
specify the size in the request.
-NOTE: if you have issued a POST request and want to make a HEAD or GET
-instead, you must explictly pick the new request type using
+When setting \fICURLOPT_POST\fP to a non-zero value, it will automatically set
+\fICURLOPT_NOBODY\fP to 0.
+
+If you issue a POST request and then want to make a HEAD or GET using the same
+re-used handle, you must explictly set the new request type using
\fICURLOPT_NOBODY\fP or \fICURLOPT_HTTPGET\fP or similar.
.IP CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS
Pass a char * as parameter, which should be the full data to post in an HTTP
@@ -564,6 +567,9 @@ must remain intact until you close this curl handle again with
Using POST with HTTP 1.1 implies the use of a "Expect: 100-continue" header.
You can disable this header with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER\fP as usual.
+
+When setting \fICURLOPT_HTTPPOST\fP, it will automatically set
+\fICURLOPT_NOBODY\fP to 0.
.IP CURLOPT_REFERER
Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used to
set the Referer: header in the http request sent to the remote server. This
@@ -664,6 +670,9 @@ was not enabled it will enable its cookie engine. Passing a magic string
Pass a long. If the long is non-zero, this forces the HTTP request to get back
to GET. usable if a POST, HEAD, PUT or a custom request have been used
previously using the same curl handle.
+
+When setting \fICURLOPT_HTTPGET\fP to a non-zero value, it will automatically
+set \fICURLOPT_NOBODY\fP to 0.
.IP CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION
Pass a long, set to one of the values described below. They force libcurl to
use the specific HTTP versions. This is not sensible to do unless you have a