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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 1d52a4ed5..8471bf1d6 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ difference. .IP "--ciphers <list of ciphers>" (SSL) Specifies which ciphers to use in the connection. The list of ciphers must be using valid ciphers. Read up on SSL cipher list details on this URL: -.I http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/ciphers.html +\fIhttp://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/ciphers.html\fP If this option is used several times, the last one will override the others. .IP "--compressed" @@ -237,10 +237,9 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-e/--referer <URL>" (HTTP) Sends the "Referer Page" information to the HTTP server. This can also be set with the -H/--header flag of course. When used with -.I -L/--location -you can append ";auto" to the referer URL to make curl automatically set the -previous URL when it follows a Location: header. The ";auto" string can be -used alone, even if you don't set an initial referer. +\fI-L/--location\fP you can append ";auto" to the referer URL to make curl +automatically set the previous URL when it follows a Location: header. The +";auto" string can be used alone, even if you don't set an initial referer. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--environment" @@ -252,8 +251,7 @@ If this option is used several times, each occurrence will toggle this on/off. .IP "--egd-file <file>" (HTTPS) Specify the path name to the Entropy Gathering Daemon socket. The socket is used to seed the random engine for SSL connections. See also the -.I "--random-file" -option. +\fI--random-file\fP option. .IP "-E/--cert <certificate[:password]>" (HTTPS) Tells curl to use the specified certificate file when getting a file @@ -452,11 +450,11 @@ takes curl to a different host, it won't intercept the user+password. See also If this option is used twice, the second will again disable location following. .IP "--location-trusted" -(HTTP/HTTPS) Like \fI--location\fP, but will allow sending the name + password -to all hosts that the site may redirect to. This may or may not introduce a -security breach if the site redirects you do a site to which you'll send your -authentication info (which is plaintext in the case of HTTP Basic -authentication). +(HTTP/HTTPS) Like \fI-L/--location\fP, but will allow sending the name + +password to all hosts that the site may redirect to. This may or may not +introduce a security breach if the site redirects you do a site to which +you'll send your authentication info (which is plaintext in the case of HTTP +Basic authentication). If this option is used twice, the second will again disable location following. .IP "--max-filesize <bytes>" @@ -477,11 +475,9 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-M/--manual" Manual. Display the huge help text. .IP "-n/--netrc" -Makes curl scan the -.I .netrc -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 +Makes curl scan the \fI.netrc\fP 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 .BR netrc(4) or .BR ftp(1) @@ -490,10 +486,9 @@ hasn't the right permissions (it should not be world nor group readable). The environment variable "HOME" is used to find the home directory. -A quick and very simple example of how to setup a -.I .netrc -to allow curl to ftp to the machine host.domain.com with user name -\&'myself' and password 'secret' should look similar to: +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" @@ -579,8 +574,7 @@ i.e "my.host.domain" to specify machine If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-q" -If used as the first parameter on the command line, the -.I $HOME/.curlrc +If used as the first parameter on the command line, the \fI$HOME/.curlrc\fP file will not be read and used as a config file. .IP "-Q/--quote <comand>" (FTP) Send an arbitrary command to the remote FTP server, by using the QUOTE @@ -723,11 +717,8 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. Specify a URL to fetch. This option is mostly handy when you want to specify URL(s) in a config file. -This option may be used any number of times. To control where this URL is written, use the -.I -o -or the -.I -O -options. +This option may be used any number of times. To control where this URL is +written, use the \fI-o\fP or the \fI-O\fP options. .IP "-v/--verbose" Makes the fetching more verbose/talkative. Mostly usable for debugging. Lines starting with '>' means data sent by curl, '<' means data received by curl |