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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2015-06-15 08:26:37 +0200
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2015-06-15 08:26:37 +0200
commitf3288196ff830881d56efd63afea699be4e2e26e (patch)
treec344708d01bc40f55ba8adaad8d6d0e564141b53 /docs
parentff7097f72c26a9d389f135f76cb28e10ca30f4c1 (diff)
curl.1: small format fix
use \fI-style instead of .BR for references
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index ea2efe48b..ae2fa0353 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ resume, Metalink, and more. As you will see below, the number of features will
make your head spin!
curl is powered by libcurl for all transfer-related features. See
-.BR libcurl (3)
-for details.
+\fIlibcurl(3)\fP for details.
.SH URL
The URL syntax is protocol-dependent. You'll find a detailed description in
RFC 3986.
@@ -1060,13 +1059,10 @@ in Metalink file, hash check will fail.
Makes curl scan the \fI.netrc\fP (\fI_netrc\fP on Windows) file in the user's
home directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on
Unix. If used with HTTP, curl will enable user authentication. See
-.BR netrc(4)
-or
-.BR ftp(1)
-for details on the file format. Curl will not complain if that file
-doesn't have the right permissions (it should not be either world- or
-group-readable). The environment variable "HOME" is used to find the home
-directory.
+\fInetrc(4)\fP \fIftp(1)\fP for details on the file format. Curl will not
+complain if that file doesn't have the right permissions (it should not be
+either world- or group-readable). The environment variable "HOME" is used to
+find the home directory.
A quick and very simple example of how to setup a \fI.netrc\fP to allow curl
to FTP to the machine host.domain.com with user name \&'myself' and password