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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2df26782c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Long: netrc +Short: n +Help: Must read .netrc for user name and password +--- +Makes curl scan the \fI.netrc\fP (\fI_netrc\fP on Windows) file in the user's +home directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on +Unix. If used with HTTP, curl will enable user authentication. See +\fInetrc(5)\fP \fIftp(1)\fP for details on the file format. Curl will not +complain if that file doesn't have the right permissions (it should not be +either world- or group-readable). The environment variable "HOME" is used to +find the home directory. + +A quick and very simple example of how to setup a \fI.netrc\fP to allow curl +to FTP to the machine host.domain.com with user name \&'myself' and password +\&'secret' should look similar to: + +.B "machine host.domain.com login myself password secret" |