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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH.3 index f65676364..a659cd2ca 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH.3 @@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ .\" .TH CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH 3 "09 Oct 2014" "libcurl 7.40.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" .SH NAME -CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH \- set UNIX domain socket +CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH \- set Unix domain socket .SH SYNOPSIS #include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH, char *path); .SH DESCRIPTION -Enables the use of UNIX domain sockets as connection endpoint and sets the path -to \fIpath\fP. If \fIpath\fP is NULL, then UNIX domain sockets are disabled. An +Enables the use of Unix domain sockets as connection endpoint and sets the path +to \fIpath\fP. If \fIpath\fP is NULL, then Unix domain sockets are disabled. An empty string will result in an error at some point, it will not disable use of -UNIX domain sockets. +Unix domain sockets. -When enabled, cURL will connect to the UNIX domain socket instead of +When enabled, cURL will connect to the Unix domain socket instead of establishing a TCP connection to a host. Since no TCP connection is created, cURL does not need to resolve the DNS hostname in the URL. @@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ Proxy and TCP options such as are not supported. Proxy options such as .BR CURLOPT_PROXY "(3) have no effect either as these are TCP-oriented, and asking a proxy server to -connect to a certain UNIX domain socket is not possible. +connect to a certain Unix domain socket is not possible. .SH DEFAULT -Default is NULL, meaning that no UNIX domain sockets are used. +Default is NULL, meaning that no Unix domain sockets are used. .SH PROTOCOLS All protocols except for file:// and FTP are supported in theory. HTTP, IMAP, POP3 and SMTP should in particular work (including their SSL/TLS variants). |