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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/dump-header.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/dump-header.d new file mode 100644 index 000000000..05c10affd --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/dump-header.d @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Long: dump-header +Short: D +Arg: <filename> +Help: Write the received headers to <filename> +Protocols: HTTP FTP +See-also: output +--- +Write the received protocol headers to the specified file. + +This option is handy to use when you want to store the headers that an HTTP +site sends to you. Cookies from the headers could then be read in a second +curl invocation by using the --cookie option! The --cookie-jar option is a +better way to store cookies. + +When used in FTP, the FTP server response lines are considered being "headers" +and thus are saved there. + +If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. |