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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/INSTALL | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/README.curl | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/TODO | 39 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/curl.1 | 14 |
5 files changed, 40 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/docs/FEATURES b/docs/FEATURES index 1d43d26d6..430a9ef51 100644 --- a/docs/FEATURES +++ b/docs/FEATURES @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ HTTP - follow redirects - custom HTTP request - cookie get/send - - understands the netscape cookie file + - understands the netscape cookie file format - custom headers (that can replace/remove internally generated headers) - custom user-agent string - custom referer string @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ HTTP - proxy authentication - time conditions - via http-proxy + - specify interface device/port HTTPS (*1) - (all the HTTP features) @@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ HTTPS (*1) FTP - download - authentication + - kerberos security - PORT or PASV - single file size information (compare to HTTP HEAD) - 'type=' URL support diff --git a/docs/INSTALL b/docs/INSTALL index 18b801013..2451a5c3a 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL +++ b/docs/INSTALL @@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ PORTS - Ultrix - SINIX-Z v5 - - Alpha Tru64 v5.0 5.1 - Alpha DEC OSF 4 - Alpha Digital UNIX v3.2 + - Alpha FreeBSD 4.1 + - Alpha Linux 2.2.16 + - Alpha Tru64 v5.0 5.1 - HP-PA HP-UX 9.X 10.X 11.X - MIPS IRIX 6.2, 6.5 - Power AIX 4.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.2 diff --git a/docs/README.curl b/docs/README.curl index 32c116d35..31a62f325 100644 --- a/docs/README.curl +++ b/docs/README.curl @@ -497,6 +497,16 @@ FTP and firewalls curl -P 192.168.0.10 ftp.download.com +NETWORK INTERFACE + + Get a web page from a server using a specified port for the interface: + + curl --interface eth0:1 http://www.netscape.com/ + + or + + curl --interface 192.168.1.10 http://www.netscape.com/ + HTTPS Secure HTTP requires SSL libraries to be installed and used when curl is @@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ For the future * Move non-URL related functions that are used by both the lib and the curl application to a separate "portability lib". - * Add support for other languages than C (not important). C++ and perl comes - to mind. Python? + * Add support for other languages than C. C++ and perl comes to mind. Python? - * Improve the -K config file parser. + * Improve the -K config file parser (the parameter following the flag should + be possible to get specified *exactly* as it is done on a shell command + line). * rtsp:// support -- "Real Time Streaming Protocol" (RFC 2326) @@ -36,28 +37,13 @@ For the future started in October 1999 but halted again since it proved more work than we thought. It is still a good idea to implement though. - * HTTP Pipelining/persistant connections - - - We should introduce HTTP "pipelining". Curl could be able to request for - several HTTP documents in one connect. It would be the beginning for - supporing more advanced functions in the future, like web site - mirroring. This will require that the urlget() function supports several - documents from a single HTTP server, which it doesn't today. - - - When curl supports fetching several documents from the same server using - pipelining, I'd like to offer that function to the command line. Anyone has - a good idea how? The current way of specifying one URL with the output sent - to the stdout or a file gets in the way. Imagine a syntax that supports - "additional documents from the same server" in a way similar to: - - curl <main URL> --more-doc <path> --more-doc <path> - - where --more-doc specifies another document on the same server. Where are - the output files gonna be put and how should they be named? Should each - "--more-doc" parameter require a local file name to store the result in? - Like "--more-file" as in: - - curl <URL> --more-doc <path> --more-file <file> + * Authentication: NTLM. It would be cool to support that MS crap called NTLM + authentication. MS proxies and servers sometime require that. Since that + protocol is a proprietary one, it involves reverse engineering and network + sniffing. This should however be a library-based functionality. There are a + few different efforts "out there" to make open source HTTP clients support + this and it should be possible to take advantage of other people's hard + work. * RFC2617 compliance, "Digest Access Authentication" A valid test page seem to exist at: @@ -93,6 +79,3 @@ For the future * Make curl capable of verifying the server's certificate when connecting with HTTPS://. - - * Kerberos-FTP, krb4-ftp - diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index cd6e13d33..0766ec9a9 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" nroff -man curl.1 .\" Written by Daniel Stenberg .\" -.TH curl 1 "15 August 2000" "Curl 7.3" "Curl Manual" +.TH curl 1 "20 September 2000" "Curl 7.3" "Curl Manual" .SH NAME curl \- get a URL with FTP, TELNET, LDAP, GOPHER, DICT, FILE, HTTP or HTTPS syntax. @@ -172,11 +172,20 @@ prevent that header from appearing. (HTTP) Include the HTTP-header in the output. The HTTP-header includes things like server-name, date of the document, HTTP-version and more... +.IP "--interface <name>" +Perform an operation using a specified interface. You can enter interface +name, IP address or host name. An example could look like: + +.B "curl --interface eth0:1 http://www.netscape.com/" .IP "-I/--head" (HTTP/FTP) Fetch the HTTP-header only! HTTP-servers feature the command HEAD which this uses to get nothing but the header of a document. When used on a FTP file, curl displays the file size only. +.IP "--krb4 <level>" +(FTP) Enable kerberos4 authentication and use. The level must be entered and +should be one of 'clear', 'safe', 'confidential' or 'private'. Should you use +a level that is not one of these, 'private' will instead be used. .IP "-K/--config <config file>" Specify which config file to read curl arguments from. The config file is a text file in which command line arguments can be written @@ -622,6 +631,9 @@ If you do find any (or have other suggestions), mail Daniel Stenberg - Fred Noz <FNoz@siac.com> - Caolan McNamara <caolan@csn.ul.ie> - Albert Chin-A-Young <china@thewrittenword.com> + - Stephen Kick <skick@epicrealm.com> + - Martin Hedenfalk <mhe@stacken.kth.se> + - Richard Prescott .SH WWW http://curl.haxx.se |