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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 78b5220df..0e29ed59f 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -833,11 +833,11 @@ option to -1 to make it limitless. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--metalink" -If curl is built against the libmetalink library then this option can -tell curl to parse and process a given URI as Metalink file (both +This option can tell curl to parse and process a given URI as Metalink file (both version 3 and 4 (RFC 5854) are supported) and make use of the mirrors listed within for failover if there are errors (such as the file or -server not being available). The Metalink file itself is downloaded +server not being available). It will also verify the hashe of the file +after the download completes. The Metalink file itself is downloaded and processed in memory and not stored in the local file system. Example to use a remote Metalink file: @@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ ignored. This is because including headers in the response will break Metalink parser and if the headers are included in the file described in Metalink file, hash check will fail. -(Added in 7.27.0) +(Added in 7.27.0, if built against the libmetalink library.) .IP "-n, --netrc" Makes curl scan the \fI.netrc\fP (\fI_netrc\fP on Windows) file in the user's home directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on @@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ using \fI--retry-delay\fP you disable this exponential backoff algorithm. See also \fI--retry-max-time\fP to limit the total time allowed for retries. (Added in 7.12.3) -If this option is used multiple times, the last occurrence decide the amount. +If this option is used multiple times, the last occurrence determines the amount. .IP "--retry-delay <seconds>" Make curl sleep this amount of time before each retry when a transfer has failed with a transient error (it changes the default backoff time algorithm |