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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 9 |
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index d64767ee8..a9f2fd3c0 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -232,7 +232,14 @@ The actual URL to deal with. The parameter should be a char * to a zero terminated string. The string must remain present until curl no longer needs it, as it doesn't copy the string. -\fBNOTE:\fP this option is (the only one) required to be set before +If the given URL lacks the protocol part ("http://" or "ftp://" etc), it will +attempt to guess which protocol to use based on the given host name. If the +given protocol of the set URL is not supported, libcurl will return on error +(\fICURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL\fP) when you call \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or +\fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP. Use \fIcurl_version_info(3)\fP for detailed info +on which protocols that are supported. + +\fBNOTE:\fP \fICURLOPT_URL\fP is the only option that must be set before \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP is called. .IP CURLOPT_PROXY Set HTTP proxy to use. The parameter should be a char * to a zero terminated |