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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index f1fe1b9a9..481448325 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -351,12 +351,12 @@ run curl. is used to seed the random engine for SSL connections. See also the \fI--random-file\fP option. .IP "-E/--cert <certificate[:password]>" -(SSL) Tells curl to use the specified certificate file when getting a file -with HTTPS or FTPS. The certificate must be in PEM format. If the optional -password isn't specified, it will be queried for on the terminal. Note that -this option assumes a \&"certificate" file that is the private key and the -private certificate concatenated! See \fI--cert\fP and \fI--key\fP to specify -them independently. +(SSL) Tells curl to use the specified client certificate file when getting a +file with HTTPS, FTPS or another SSL-based protocol. The certificate must be +in PEM format. If the optional password isn't specified, it will be queried +for on the terminal. Note that this option assumes a \&"certificate" file that +is the private key and the private certificate concatenated! See \fI--cert\fP +and \fI--key\fP to specify them independently. If curl is built against the NSS SSL library then this option can tell curl the nickname of the certificate to use within the NSS database defined @@ -815,6 +815,17 @@ to FTP to the machine host.domain.com with user name \&'myself' and password .IP "--netrc-optional" Very similar to \fI--netrc\fP, but this option makes the .netrc usage \fBoptional\fP and not mandatory as the \fI--netrc\fP option does. + +.IP "--netrc-file" +This option is similar to \fI--netrc\fP, except that you provide the path +(absolute or relative) to the netrc file that Curl should use. +You can only specify one netrc file per invocation. If several +\fI--netrc-file\fP options are provided, only the \fBlast one\fP will be used. +(Added in 7.21.5) + +This option overrides any use of \fI--netrc\fP as they are mutually exclusive. +It will also abide by --netrc-optional if specified. + .IP "--negotiate" (HTTP) Enables GSS-Negotiate authentication. The GSS-Negotiate method was designed by Microsoft and is used in their web applications. It is primarily |