From 30a39fe8773a4063d87c0352593275ebd8a0fe64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:57:48 +0000 Subject: document --post301, based on the phrasing in curl_easy_setopt.3 for CURLOPT_POST301 written by Philip Langdale --- docs/curl.1 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 4af427458..f415d6f30 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -847,6 +847,13 @@ You may use this option as many times as you have number of URLs. (SSL/SSH) Pass phrase for the private key If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. +.IP "--post301" +Tells curl to respect RFC 2616/10.3.2 and not convert POST requests into GET +requests when following a 301 redirection. The non-RFC behaviour is ubiquitous +in web browsers, so curl does the conversion by default to maintain +consistency. However, a server may requires a POST to remain a POST after such +a redirection. This option is meaningful only when using \fI-L/--location\fP +(Added in 7.17.1) .IP "--proxy-anyauth" Tells curl to pick a suitable authentication method when communicating with the given proxy. This will cause an extra request/response round-trip. (Added -- cgit v1.2.3