From 190106c98e7e23ac838331fe199e8d07d6faf4b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 22:50:27 +0000 Subject: rephrased. -D writes a file, -b reads one. --- curl.1 | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'curl.1') diff --git a/curl.1 b/curl.1 index b049ec19e..fa505c0b1 100644 --- a/curl.1 +++ b/curl.1 @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ will make curl record incoming cookies too, which may be handy if you're using this in combination with the -L/--location option. The file format of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or the netscape cookie file format. + +.B NOTE +that the file specified with -b/--cookie is only used as input. No cookies +will be stored in the file. To store cookies, save the HTTP headers to a file +using -D/--dump-header! .IP "-B/--ftp-ascii" (FTP/LDAP) Use ASCII transfer when getting an FTP file or LDAP info. For FTP, this can @@ -97,6 +102,10 @@ The contents of the file must already be url-encoded. (HTTP/FTP) Write the HTTP headers to this file. Write the FTP file info to this file if -I/--head is used. + +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! .IP "-e/--referer " (HTTP) Sends the "Referer Page" information to the HTTP server. Some badly -- cgit v1.2.3