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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index a81bfaa8d..7d741aca4 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" nroff -man curl.1 .\" Written by Daniel Stenberg .\" -.TH curl 1 "14 June 2000" "Curl 7.0" "Curl Manual" +.TH curl 1 "25 July 2000" "Curl 7.0" "Curl Manual" .SH NAME curl \- get a URL with FTP, TELNET, LDAP, GOPHER, DICT, FILE, HTTP or HTTPS syntax. @@ -107,10 +107,12 @@ This option is handy to use when you want to store the cookies that a HTTP site sends to you. The cookies could then be read in a second curl invoke by using the -b/--cookie option! .IP "-e/--referer <URL>" -(HTTP) -Sends the "Referer Page" information to the HTTP server. Some badly -done CGIs fail if it's not set. This can also be set with the -H/--header -flag of course. +(HTTP) Sends the "Referer Page" information to the HTTP server. This can also +be set with the -H/--header flag of course. When used with +.I -L/--location +you can append ";auto" to the referer URL to make curl automatically set the +previous URL when it follows a Location: header. The ";auto" string can be +used alone, even if you don't set an initial referer. .IP "-E/--cert <certificate[:password]>" (HTTPS) Tells curl to use the specified certificate file when getting a file @@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ Makes curl scan the 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(5) +.BR netrc(4) for details on the file format. Curl will not complain if that file hasn't the right permissions (it should not be world nor group readable). The environment variable "HOME" is used to find the home |