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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/remote-header-name.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/remote-header-name.d new file mode 100644 index 000000000..771b6d469 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/remote-header-name.d @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Long: remote-header-name +Short: J +Protocols: HTTP +Help: Use the header-provided filename +--- +This option tells the --remote-name option to use the server-specified +Content-Disposition filename instead of extracting a filename from the URL. + +If the server specifies a file name and a file with that name already exists +in the current working directory it will not be overwritten and an error will +occur. If the server doesn't specify a file name then this option has no +effect. + +There's no attempt to decode %-sequences (yet) in the provided file name, so +this option may provide you with rather unexpected file names. + +\fBWARNING\fP: Exercise judicious use of this option, especially on Windows. A +rogue server could send you the name of a DLL or other file that could possibly +be loaded automatically by Windows or some third party software. |