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diff --git a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3 index fd8e15c6d..d7592ec4f 100644 --- a/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" nroff -man [file] .\" $Id$ .\" -.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "1 June 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual" +.TH curl_easy_setopt 3 "9 August 2001" "libcurl 7.8" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_easy_setopt - Set curl easy-session options .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -202,10 +202,12 @@ library. The buffer must be at least CURL_ERROR_SIZE big. .TP .B CURLOPT_TIMEOUT Pass a long as parameter containing the maximum time in seconds that you allow -the libcurl transfer operation to take. Do note that normally, name lookups -maky take a considerable time and that limiting the operation to less than a -few minutes risk aborting perfectly normal operations. This option will cause -curl to use the SIGALRM to enable timeouting system calls. +the libcurl transfer operation to take. Normally, name lookups can take a +considerable time and limiting operations to less than a few minutes risk +aborting perfectly normal operations. This option will cause curl to use the +SIGALRM to enable timeouting system calls. +.B NOTE +that this does not work in multi-threaded programs! .TP .B CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS Pass a char * as parameter, which should be the full data to post in a HTTP @@ -498,6 +500,18 @@ connection timeout (it will then only timeout on the system's internal timeouts). See also the .I CURLOPT_TIMEOUT option. +.B NOTE +that this does not work in multi-threaded programs! +.TP +.B CURLOPT_HTTPGET +Pass a long. If the long is non-zero, this forces the HTTP request to get back +to GET. Only really usable if POST, PUT or a custom request have been used +previously using the same curl handle. (Added in 7.8.1) +.TP +.B CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST +Pass a long. Set if we should verify the Common name from the peer certificate +in the SSL handshake, set 1 to check existence, 2 to ensure that it matches +the provided hostname. (Added in 7.8.1) .PP .SH RETURN VALUE 0 means the option was set properly, non-zero means an error as |