From daf55705e420bf8fcd4a9c96932a68bccf51c07f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 07:05:31 +0000 Subject: more explicit texts on the 4.2 answer --- docs/FAQ | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/FAQ') diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ index 9164e0762..f31cf1e2a 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ +++ b/docs/FAQ @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Updated: August 8, 2002 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html) +Updated: August 29, 2002 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html) _ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | @@ -474,11 +474,12 @@ FAQ curl 'http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text=yes&q=curl' - In win32, the standard DOS shell treats the %-letter specially and you may - need to quote the string properly when % is used in it. + In Windows, the standard DOS shell treats the %-letter specially and you + need to use TWO %-letters for each single one you want to use in the URL. Also note that if you want the literal %-letter to be part of the data you - pass in a POST using -d/--data you must encode it as '%25'. + pass in a POST using -d/--data you must encode it as '%25' (which then also + needs the %-letter doubled on Windows machines). 4.3. How can I use {, }, [ or ] to specify multiple URLs? -- cgit v1.2.3