aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--docs/FAQ9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ
index 9164e0762..f31cf1e2a 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ
+++ b/docs/FAQ
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Updated: August 8, 2002 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)
+Updated: August 29, 2002 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)
_ _ ____ _
___| | | | _ \| |
/ __| | | | |_) | |
@@ -474,11 +474,12 @@ FAQ
curl 'http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text=yes&q=curl'
- In win32, the standard DOS shell treats the %-letter specially and you may
- need to quote the string properly when % is used in it.
+ In Windows, the standard DOS shell treats the %-letter specially and you
+ need to use TWO %-letters for each single one you want to use in the URL.
Also note that if you want the literal %-letter to be part of the data you
- pass in a POST using -d/--data you must encode it as '%25'.
+ pass in a POST using -d/--data you must encode it as '%25' (which then also
+ needs the %-letter doubled on Windows machines).
4.3. How can I use {, }, [ or ] to specify multiple URLs?