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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index c17f380b5..5fa130f07 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" nroff -man curl.1 .\" Written by Daniel Stenberg .\" -.TH curl 1 "4 May 2002" "Curl 7.9.7" "Curl Manual" +.TH curl 1 "7 May 2002" "Curl 7.9.7" "Curl Manual" .SH NAME curl \- transfer a URL .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -99,10 +99,7 @@ If this option is used severl times, the last one will override the others. .IP "--connect-timeout <seconds>" Maximum time in seconds that you allow the connection to the server to take. This only limits the connection phase, once curl has connected this option is -of no more use. This option didn't work in win32 systems until 7.7.2. See -also the -.I "--max-time" -option. +of no more use. See also the \fI--max-time\fP option. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-c/--cookie-jar <file name>" @@ -173,14 +170,15 @@ but with this option, it will not try using EPSV. If this option is used several times, each occurrence will toggle this on/off. .IP "-D/--dump-header <file>" -(HTTP/FTP) -Write the HTTP headers to this file. Write the FTP file info to this -file if -I/--head is used. +Write the protocol headers to the specified file. This option is handy to use when you want to store the cookies that a HTTP site sends to you. The cookies could then be read in a second curl invoke by using the -b/--cookie option! +When used on FTP, the ftp server response lines are considered being "headers" +and thus are saved there. + 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 @@ -217,13 +215,11 @@ peer. The certificate must be in PEM format. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-f/--fail" -(HTTP) -Fail silently (no output at all) on server errors. This is mostly done -like this to better enable scripts etc to better deal with failed -attempts. In normal cases when a HTTP server fails to deliver a -document, it returns a HTML document stating so (which often also -describes why and more). This flag will prevent curl from -outputting that and fail silently instead. +(HTTP) Fail silently (no output at all) on server errors. This is mostly done +like this to better enable scripts etc to better deal with failed attempts. In +normal cases when a HTTP server fails to deliver a document, it returns a HTML +document stating so (which often also describes why and more). This flag will +prevent curl from outputting that and fail silently instead. If this option is used twice, the second will again disable silent failure. .IP "-F/--form <name=content>" @@ -251,13 +247,17 @@ This option can be used multiple times. This option switches off the "URL globbing parser". When you set this option, you can specify URLs that contain the letters {}[] without having them being interpreted by curl itself. Note that these letters are not normal legal URL -contents but they should be encoded according to the URI standard. (Option -added in curl 7.6) +contents but they should be encoded according to the URI standard. .IP "-G/--get" When used, this option will make all data specified with -d/--data or --data-binary to be used in a HTTP GET request instead of the POST request that otherwise would be used. The data will be appended to the URL with a '?' separator. (Option added in curl 7.9) + +If used in combination with -I, the POST data will instead be appended to the +URL with a HEAD request. + +If used multiple times, nothing special happens. .IP "-h/--help" Usage help. .IP "-H/--header <header>" @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ set headers without knowing perfectly well what you're doing. Replacing an internal header with one without content on the right side of the colon will prevent that header from appearing. -This option can be used multiple times. +This option can be used multiple times to add/replace/remove multiple headers. .IP "-i/--include" (HTTP) Include the HTTP-header in the output. The HTTP-header includes things @@ -291,6 +291,13 @@ which this uses to get nothing but the header of a document. When used on a FTP file, curl displays the file size only. If this option is used twice, the second will again disable header only. +.IP "-j/--junk-session-cookies" +(HTTP) When curl is told to read cookies from a given file, this option will +make it discard all "session cookies". This will basicly have the same effect +as if a new session is started. Typical browsers always discard session +cookies when they're closed down. (Added in 7.9.7) + +If this option is used several times, each occurrence will toggle this on/off. .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 @@ -335,10 +342,8 @@ If this option is used twice, the second will again disable location following. .IP "-m/--max-time <seconds>" Maximum time in seconds that you allow the whole operation to take. This is useful for preventing your batch jobs from hanging for hours due to slow -networks or links going down. This doesn't work fully in win32 systems. -See also the -.I "--connect-timeout" -option. +networks or links going down. This doesn't work fully in win32 systems. See +also the \fI--connect-timeout\fP option. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-M/--manual" @@ -522,7 +527,19 @@ Use the file name "-" (a single dash) to use stdin instead of a given file. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--trace <file>" Enables a full trace dump of all incoming and outgoing data, including -descriptive information, to the given output file. +descriptive information, to the given output file. Use "-" as filename to have +the output sent to stdout. + +If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. (Added in +curl 7.9.7) +.IP "--trace-ascii <file>" +Enables a full trace dump of all incoming and outgoing data, including +descriptive information, to the given output file. Use "-" as filename to have +the output sent to stdout. + +This is very similar to --trace, but leaves out the hex part and only shows +the ASCII part of the dump. It makes smaller output that might be easier to +read for untrained humans. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. (Added in curl 7.9.7) |