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diff --git a/docs/FEATURES b/docs/FEATURES index e64ccbb71..46d4328b1 100644 --- a/docs/FEATURES +++ b/docs/FEATURES @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Misc - redirectable stderr - use selected network interface for outgoing traffic - IPv6 support + - persistant connections HTTP - GET @@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ FTP TELNET - connection negotiation + - custom telnet options - stdin/stdout I/O LDAP (*2) diff --git a/docs/MANUAL b/docs/MANUAL index 63f5d2616..843b0bd2d 100644 --- a/docs/MANUAL +++ b/docs/MANUAL @@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ SIMPLE USAGE Get a list of the root directory of an FTP site: - curl ftp://ftp.fts.frontec.se/ + curl ftp://cool.haxx.se/ Get the definition of curl from a dictionary: curl dict://dict.org/m:curl + Fetch two documents at once: + + curl ftp://cool.haxx.se/ http://www.weirdserver.com:8000/ + DOWNLOAD TO A FILE Get a web page and store in a local file: @@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ DOWNLOAD TO A FILE curl -O http://www.netscape.com/index.html + Fetch two files and store them with their remote names: + + curl -O www.haxx.se/index.html -O curl.haxx.se/download.html + USING PASSWORDS FTP @@ -455,9 +463,13 @@ EXTRA HEADERS curl -H "X-you-and-me: yes" www.love.com - This can also be useful in case you want curl to send a different text in - a header than it normally does. The -H header you specify then replaces the - header curl would normally send. + This can also be useful in case you want curl to send a different text in a + header than it normally does. The -H header you specify then replaces the + header curl would normally send. If you replace an internal header with an + empty one, you prevent that header from being sent. To prevent the Host: + header from being used: + + curl -H "Host:" www.server.com FTP and PATH NAMES @@ -745,6 +757,24 @@ TELNET to track when the login prompt is received and send the username and password accordingly. +PERSISTANT CONNECTIONS + + Specifying multiple files on a single command line will make curl transfer + all of them, one after the other in the specified order. + + libcurl will attempt to use persistant connections for the transfers so that + the second transfer to the same host can use the same connection that was + already initiated and was left open in the previous transfer. This greatly + decreases connection time for all but the first transfer and it makes a far + better use of the network. + + Note that curl cannot use persistant connections for transfers that are used + in subsequence curl invokes. Try to stuff as many URLs as possible on the + same command line if they are using the same host, as that'll make the + transfers faster. + + Persistant connections were introduced in curl 7.7. + MAILING LISTS For your convenience, we have several open mailing lists to discuss curl, @@ -753,10 +783,10 @@ MAILING LISTS To subscribe to the main curl list, mail curl-request@contactor.se with "subscribe <fill in your email address>" in the body. - To subscribe to the libcurl users list, follow the instructions at - http://curl.haxx.se/mail/ + To subscribe to the curl-library users/deverlopers list, follow the + instructions at http://curl.haxx.se/mail/ - To subscribe to the curl announce list, to only get information about new + To subscribe to the curl-announce list, to only get information about new releases, follow the instructions at http://curl.haxx.se/mail/ To subscribe to the curl-and-PHP list in which curl using with PHP is |