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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Updated: January 22, 2002 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml) +Updated: March 11, 2002 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml) _ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ FAQ 3.10 What about SOAP, WebDAV, XML-RPC or similar protocols over HTTP? 3.11 How do I POST with a different Content-Type? 3.12 Why do FTP specific features over HTTP proxy fail? + 3.13 Why does my single/double quotes fail? 4. Running Problems 4.1 Problems connecting to SSL servers. @@ -383,6 +384,30 @@ FAQ and is generally not available as proxy admins usually disable tunneling to other ports than 443 (which is used for HTTPS access through proxies). + 3.13 Why does my single/double quotes fail? + + To specify a command line option that includes spaces, you might need to + put the entire option within quotes. Like in: + + curl -d " with spaces " url.com + + or perhaps + + curl -d ' with spaces ' url.com + + Exactly what kind of quotes and how to do this is entirely up to the shell + or command line interepreter that you are using. For most unix shells, you + can more or less pick either single (') or double (") quotes. For + Windows/DOS prompts I believe you're forced to use double (") quotes. + + Please study the documentaion for your particular environment. Examples in + the curl docs will use a mix of both these ones as shown above. You must + adjust them to work in your environment. + + Remember that curl works and runs on more operating systems than most + individuals have ever tried. + + 4. Running Problems 4.1. Problems connecting to SSL servers. |