From ba9a66663a6474574dad633c03a5bb34b8ef3c22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 11:37:29 +0200 Subject: curl.1: clarify that --silent still outputs data --- docs/curl.1 | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index d64ce0e33..7c2c8631e 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2012, Daniel Stenberg, , et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, , et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -1277,8 +1277,9 @@ Set this option to zero to not timeout retries. (Added in 7.12.3) If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-s, --silent" -Silent or quiet mode. Don't show progress meter or error messages. Makes -Curl mute. +Silent or quiet mode. Don't show progress meter or error messages. Makes Curl +mute. It will still output the data you ask for, potentially even to the +terminal/stdout unless you redirect it. .IP "-S, --show-error" When used with \fI-s\fP it makes curl show an error message if it fails. .IP "--ssl" -- cgit v1.2.3