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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2001-01-05 13:44:53 +0000
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2001-01-05 13:44:53 +0000
commitc2f5b71dc9249d4beb0ffad45229bd4eb0b390e4 (patch)
tree6f1a02e37df8e37d5d4c6b8aa30cbba91fe7707a /docs
parent6403257886fffe9d320099dfa019620c6c1f8dee (diff)
multiple uses of -d was wrong documented
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index d1cbc4500..f31a83539 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\" nroff -man curl.1
.\" Written by Daniel Stenberg
.\"
-.TH curl 1 "4 January 2001" "Curl 7.5.2" "Curl Manual"
+.TH curl 1 "5 January 2001" "Curl 7.5.2" "Curl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl \- get a URL with FTP, TELNET, LDAP, GOPHER, DICT, FILE, HTTP or
HTTPS syntax.
@@ -120,11 +120,13 @@ To post data purely binary, you should instead use the --data-binary option.
-d/--data is the same as --data-ascii.
-If this option is used serveral times, the last one will be used.
+If this option is used serveral times, the ones following the first will
+append data.
.IP "--data-ascii <data>"
(HTTP) This is an alias for the -d/--data option.
-If this option is used serveral times, the last one will be used.
+If this option is used serveral times, the ones following the first will
+append data.
.IP "--data-binary <data>"
(HTTP) This posts data in a similar manner as --data-ascii does, although when
using this option the entire context of the posted data is kept as-is. If you
@@ -132,6 +134,9 @@ want to post a binary file without the strip-newlines feature of the
--data-ascii option, this is for you.
If this option is used serveral times, the last one will be used.
+
+If this option is used serveral times, the ones following the first will
+append data.
.IP "-D/--dump-header <file>"
(HTTP/FTP)
Write the HTTP headers to this file. Write the FTP file info to this