diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 8024197ec..26b0b246b 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -335,13 +335,18 @@ prompt function. .SH HTTP OPTIONS .TP 0.4i .B CURLOPT_ENCODING -Three encodings are supported: \fIidentity\fP, which does nothing, -\fIdeflate\fP which requests the server to compress its response using the -zlib algorithm, and \fIgzip\fP which requests the gzip algorithm. This -is a request, not an order; the server may or may not do it. This -option must be set (to any value) or else any unsolicited encoding done -by the server is ignored. See the special file lib/README.encoding for -details. +Sets the contents of the Accept-Encoding: header sent in an HTTP +request, and enables decoding of a response when a Content-Encoding: +header is received. Three encodings are supported: \fIidentity\fP, +which does nothing, \fIdeflate\fP which requests the server to +compress its response using the zlib algorithm, and \fIgzip\fP which +requests the gzip algorithm. If a zero-length string is set, then an +Accept-Encoding: header containing all supported encodings is sent. + +This is a request, not an order; the server may or may not do it. This +option must be set (to any non-NULL value) or else any unsolicited +encoding done by the server is ignored. See the special file +lib/README.encoding for details. .TP .B CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION A non-zero parameter tells the library to follow any Location: header that the |