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@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ UPLOADING
curl -T - http://www.upload.com/myfile
- Note that the http server must've been configured to accept PUT before this
- can be done successfully.
+ Note that the http server must have been configured to accept PUT before
+ this can be done successfully.
For other ways to do http data upload, see the POST section below.
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ COOKIES
curl -b headers www.example.com
While saving headers to a file is a working way to store cookies, it is
- however error-prone and not the prefered way to do this. Instead, make curl
+ however error-prone and not the preferred way to do this. Instead, make curl
save the incoming cookies using the well-known netscape cookie format like
this:
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ COOKIES
file contents. In the above command, curl will parse the header and store
the cookies received from www.example.com. curl will send to the server the
stored cookies which match the request as it follows the location. The
- file "empty.txt" may be a non-existant file.
+ file "empty.txt" may be a nonexistent file.
Alas, to both read and write cookies from a netscape cookie file, you can
set both -b and -c to use the same file:
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ PROGRESS METER
Upload - the average transfer speed of the upload
Time Total - expected time to complete the operation
Time Current - time passed since the invoke
- Time Left - expected time left to completetion
+ Time Left - expected time left to completion
Curr.Speed - the average transfer speed the last 5 seconds (the first
5 seconds of a transfer is based on less time of course.)
@@ -437,14 +437,14 @@ SPEED LIMIT
curl -Y 3000 -y 60 www.far-away-site.com
This can very well be used in combination with the overall time limit, so
- that the above operatioin must be completed in whole within 30 minutes:
+ that the above operation must be completed in whole within 30 minutes:
curl -m 1800 -Y 3000 -y 60 www.far-away-site.com
Forcing curl not to transfer data faster than a given rate is also possible,
which might be useful if you're using a limited bandwidth connection and you
don't want your transfer to use all of it (sometimes referred to as
- "bandwith throttle").
+ "bandwidth throttle").
Make curl transfer data no faster than 10 kilobytes per second:
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ HTTPS
Secure HTTP requires SSL libraries to be installed and used when curl is
built. If that is done, curl is capable of retrieving and posting documents
- using the HTTPS procotol.
+ using the HTTPS protocol.
Example:
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ NETRC
to specify name and password for commonly visited ftp sites in a file so
that you don't have to type them in each time you visit those sites. You
realize this is a big security risk if someone else gets hold of your
- passwords, so therefor most unix programs won't read this file unless it is
+ passwords, so therefore most unix programs won't read this file unless it is
only readable by yourself (curl doesn't care though).
Curl supports .netrc files if told so (using the -n/--netrc and
@@ -830,22 +830,22 @@ TELNET
to track when the login prompt is received and send the username and
password accordingly.
-PERSISTANT CONNECTIONS
+PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS
Specifying multiple files on a single command line will make curl transfer
all of them, one after the other in the specified order.
- libcurl will attempt to use persistant connections for the transfers so that
+ libcurl will attempt to use persistent connections for the transfers so that
the second transfer to the same host can use the same connection that was
already initiated and was left open in the previous transfer. This greatly
decreases connection time for all but the first transfer and it makes a far
better use of the network.
- Note that curl cannot use persistant connections for transfers that are used
+ Note that curl cannot use persistent connections for transfers that are used
in subsequence curl invokes. Try to stuff as many URLs as possible on the
same command line if they are using the same host, as that'll make the
- transfers faster. If you use a http proxy for file transfers, practicly
- all transfers will be persistant.
+ transfers faster. If you use a http proxy for file transfers, practically
+ all transfers will be persistent.
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