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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/curl.1 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 7 |
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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index f0790e547..4b6ca4ffd 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ no file will be written. The file will be written using the Netscape cookie file format. If you set the file name to a single dash, "-", the cookies will be written to stdout. (Option added in curl 7.9) +.B NOTE +If the cookie jar can't be created or written to, the whole curl operation +won't fail or even report an error clearly. Using -v will get a warning +displayed, but that is the only visible feedback you get about this possibly +lethal situation. + If this option is used several times, the last specfied file name will be used. .IP "-C/--continue-at <offset>" diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 4763c871a..c8720c27a 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -478,6 +478,13 @@ is called. If no cookies are known, no file will be created. Specify "-" to instead have the cookies written to stdout. Using this option also enables cookies for this session, so if you for example follow a location it will make matching cookies get sent accordingly. (Added in 7.9) + +.B NOTE +If the cookie jar file can't be created or written to (when the +curl_easy_cleanup() is called), libcurl will not and cannot report an error +for this. Using CURLOPT_VERBOSE or CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION will get a warning to +display, but that is the only visible feedback you get about this possibly +lethal situation. .TP .B CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION Pass a long as parameter. This defines how the CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE time value is |