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-Updated: January 11, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml)
+Updated: January 15, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml)
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4. Running Problems
4.1 Problems connecting to SSL servers.
- 4.2 Why do I get problems when I use & in the URL?
+ 4.2 Why do I get problems when I use & or % in the URL?
4.3 How can I use {, }, [ or ] to specify multiple URLs?
4.4 Why do I get downloaded data even though the web page doesn't exist?
4.5 Why do I get return code XXX from a HTTP server?
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I have also seen examples where the remote server didn't like the SSLv2
request and instead you had to force curl to use SSLv3 with -3/--sslv3.
- 4.2. Why do I get problems when I use & in the URL?
+ 4.2. Why do I get problems when I use & or % in the URL?
In general unix shells, the & letter is treated special and when used it
runs the specified command in the background. To safely send the & as a part
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ 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.
+
4.3. How can I use {, }, [ or ] to specify multiple URLs?
Because those letters have a special meaning to the shell, and to be used in
@@ -318,6 +321,12 @@ FAQ
curl '{curl,www}.haxx.se'
+ To be able to use those letters as actual parts of the URL (without using
+ them for the curl URL "globbing" system), use the -g/--globoff option
+ (included in curl 7.6 and later):
+
+ curl -g 'www.site.com/weirdname[].html'
+
4.4. Why do I get downloaded data even though the web page doesn't exist?
Curl asks remote servers for the page you specify. If the page doesn't exist