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@@ -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? |