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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Updated: February 25, 2003 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html) +Updated: May 9, 2003 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html) _ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | @@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ FAQ We spell it cURL or just curl. We pronounce it with an initial k sound: [kurl]. + NOTE: there are numerous sub-projects and related projects that also use the + word curl in the project names in various combinations, but you should take + notice that this FAQ is directed at the command-line tool named curl (and + libcurl the library), and may therefore not be valid for other curl + projects. + 1.2 What is libcurl? libcurl is a reliable and portable library which provides you with an easy @@ -132,11 +138,9 @@ FAQ better. We do however believe in a few rules when it comes to the future of curl: - * Curl is to remain a command line tool. If you want GUIs or fancy scripting - capabilities, you're free to write another tool that uses libcurl and that - offers this. There's no point in having a single tool that does every - imaginable thing. That's also one of the great advantages of having the - core of curl as a library. + * Curl -- the command line tool -- is to remain a non-graphical command line + tool. If you want GUIs or fancy scripting capabilities, you should look + for another tool that uses libcurl. * We do not add things to curl that other small and available tools already do very fine at the side. Curl's output is fine to pipe into another |