From 23258648da3b348be3334298737781c230b7650c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 08:06:31 +0000 Subject: --digest added, --compressed rephrased --- docs/curl.1 | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 629c8e6a4..b4ec7f6d9 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" nroff -man curl.1 .\" Written by Daniel Stenberg .\" -.TH curl 1 "14 Feb 2003" "Curl 7.10.3" "Curl Manual" +.TH curl 1 "23 May 2003" "Curl 7.10.6" "Curl Manual" .SH NAME curl \- transfer a URL .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -97,9 +97,11 @@ must be using valid ciphers. Read up on SSL cipher list details on this URL: If this option is used several times, the last one will override the others. .IP "--compressed" -(HTTP) Request a compressed response using the deflate or gzip -algorithms and return the uncompressed document. If this option is used -and the server sends an unsupported encoding, Curl will report an error. +(HTTP) Request a compressed response using one of the algorithms libcurl +supports, and return the uncompressed document. If this option is used and +the server sends an unsupported encoding, Curl will report an error. + +If this option is used several times, each occurrence will toggle it on/off. .IP "--connect-timeout " Maximum time in seconds that you allow the connection to the server to take. This only limits the connection phase, once curl has connected this option is @@ -176,6 +178,13 @@ want to post a binary file without the strip-newlines feature of the If this option is used several times, the ones following the first will append data. +.IP "--digest" +(HTTP) Enables Digest authentication. This is a different authentication +method than the default Basic method, and prevents the password from being +sent over the wire in clear text. Use this in combination with the normal +-u/--user option to set user name and password. (Option added in curl 7.10.6) + +If this option is used several times, each occurrence will toggle this on/off. .IP "--disable-epsv" (FTP) Tell curl to disable the use of the EPSV command when doing passive FTP downloads. Curl will normally always first attempt to use EPSV before PASV, @@ -456,8 +465,8 @@ You may use this option as many times as you have number of URLs. See also the --create-dirs option to create the local directories dynamically. .IP "-O/--remote-name" -Write output to a local file named like the remote file we get. (Only -the file part of the remote file is used, the path is cut off.) +Write output to a local file named like the remote file we get. (Only the file +part of the remote file is used, the path is cut off.) You may use this option as many times as you have number of URLs. .IP "-p/--proxytunnel" @@ -613,6 +622,9 @@ Specify user and password to use when fetching. Read the MANUAL for detailed examples of how to use this. If no password is specified, curl will ask for it interactively. +You can also use the --digest option to enable Digest authentication when +communicating with HTTP 1.1 servers. + If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-U/--proxy-user " Specify user and password to use for Proxy authentication. If no -- cgit v1.2.3