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diff --git a/docs/README.curl b/docs/README.curl index c18131b9e..32c116d35 100644 --- a/docs/README.curl +++ b/docs/README.curl @@ -139,9 +139,11 @@ UPLOADING curl -T localfile -a ftp://ftp.upload.com/remotefile - NOTE: Curl does not support ftp upload through a proxy! The reason for this - is simply that proxies are seldomly configured to allow this and that no - author has supplied code that makes it possible! + Curl also supports ftp upload through a proxy, but only if the proxy is + configured to allow that kind of tunneling. If it does, you can run curl in + a fashion similar to: + + curl --proxytunnel -x proxy:port -T localfile ftp.upload.com HTTP @@ -480,13 +482,14 @@ FTP and firewalls connect to the client on the given (as parameters to the PORT command) IP number and port. - The -P flag to curl allows for different options. Your machine may have + The -P flag to curl supports a few different options. Your machine may have several IP-addresses and/or network interfaces and curl allows you to select which of them to use. Default address can also be used: curl -P - ftp.download.com - Download with PORT but use the IP address of our 'le0' interface: + Download with PORT but use the IP address of our 'le0' interface (this does + not work on windows): curl -P le0 ftp.download.com |