From b1fc8c0e977a61c30d263d6aaaed959cd8b26862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:24:31 +0200 Subject: curl.1: --ignore-content-length now works for FTP too --- docs/curl.1 | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index c8ef78821..edde89d6b 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -789,10 +789,12 @@ This option can be used multiple times to add/replace/remove multiple headers. be the 128 bit MD5 checksum of the remote host's public key, curl will refuse the connection with the host unless the md5sums match. (Added in 7.17.1) .IP "--ignore-content-length" -(HTTP) -Ignore the Content-Length header. This is particularly useful for servers -running Apache 1.x, which will report incorrect Content-Length for files -larger than 2 gigabytes. +For HTTP, Ignore the Content-Length header. This is particularly useful for +servers running Apache 1.x, which will report incorrect Content-Length for +files larger than 2 gigabytes. + +For FTP (since 7.46.0), skip the RETR command to figure out the size before +downloading a file. .IP "-i, --include" (HTTP) Include the HTTP-header in the output. The HTTP-header includes things like server-name, date of the document, HTTP-version and more... -- cgit v1.2.3