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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/curl.1 | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 6 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 8a422b9e2..a42c124b6 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -1127,7 +1127,8 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--max-redirs <num>" Set maximum number of redirection-followings allowed. If \fI-L/--location\fP is used, this option can be used to prevent curl from following redirections -\&"in absurdum". +\&"in absurdum". By default, the limit is set to 50 redirections. Set this +option to -1 to make it limitless. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-0/--http1.0" diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 99e57e684..3e49643e9 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ .\" * $Id$ .\" ************************************************************************** .\" -.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "22 Sep 2005" "libcurl 7.14.2" "libcurl Manual" +.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "27 Oct 2005" "libcurl 7.14.2" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_easy_setopt - set options for a curl easy handle .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -516,7 +516,9 @@ option is meaningful only when setting \fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION\fP. Pass a long. The set number will be the redirection limit. If that many redirections have been followed, the next redirect will cause an error (\fICURLE_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS\fP). This option only makes sense if the -\fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION\fP is used at the same time. +\fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION\fP is used at the same time. Added in 7.15.1: +Setting the limit to 0 will make libcurl refuse any redirect. Set it to -1 for +an infinite number of redirects (which is the default) .IP CURLOPT_PUT A non-zero parameter tells the library to use HTTP PUT to transfer data. The data should be set with \fICURLOPT_READDATA\fP and \fICURLOPT_INFILESIZE\fP. |