From aad70aa24ecb18ef43618465572d3dc2ffb95bb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:11:36 +0000 Subject: cleaned up the --help output. Tried to unify the language. Shortened a bunch of explanations. --- src/main.c | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/main.c') diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c index 985e2b7f5..a7e051eb9 100644 --- a/src/main.c +++ b/src/main.c @@ -378,98 +378,98 @@ static void help(void) " -b/--cookie Cookie string or file to read cookies from (H)", " --basic Enable HTTP Basic Authentication (H)", " -B/--use-ascii Use ASCII/text transfer", - " -c/--cookie-jar Write all cookies to this file after operation (H)", - " -C/--continue-at Specify absolute resume offset", + " -c/--cookie-jar Write cookies to this file after operation (H)", + " -C/--continue-at Resumed transfer offset", " -d/--data HTTP POST data (H)", " --data-ascii HTTP POST ASCII data (H)", " --data-binary HTTP POST binary data (H)", - " --negotiate Enable HTTP Negotiate Authentication (H - req GSS-lib)", + " --negotiate Enable HTTP Negotiate Authentication (H)", " --digest Enable HTTP Digest Authentication (H)", - " --disable-eprt Prevents curl from using EPRT or LPRT (F)", - " --disable-epsv Prevents curl from using EPSV (F)", + " --disable-eprt Prevent curl from using EPRT or LPRT (F)", + " --disable-epsv Prevent curl from using EPSV (F)", " -D/--dump-header Write the headers to this file", " --egd-file EGD socket path for random data (SSL)", #ifdef USE_ENVIRONMENT " --environment Write result codes to environment variables (RISC OS)", #endif - " -e/--referer Referer page (H)", - " -E/--cert Specifies your certificate file and password (SSL)", - " --cert-type Specifies certificate file type (DER/PEM/ENG) (SSL)", - " --key Specifies private key file (SSL)", - " --key-type Specifies private key file type (DER/PEM/ENG) (SSL)", - " --pass Specifies passphrase for the private key (SSL)", - " --engine Specifies the crypto engine to use (HTTPS)", + " -e/--referer Referer URL (H)", + " -E/--cert Client certificate file and password (SSL)", + " --cert-type Certificate file type (DER/PEM/ENG) (SSL)", + " --key Private key file name (SSL)", + " --key-type Private key file type (DER/PEM/ENG) (SSL)", + " --pass Pass phrase for the private key (SSL)", + " --engine Crypto engine to use (SSL)", " --cacert CA certificate to verify peer against (SSL)", " --capath CA directory (made using c_rehash) to verify", " peer against (SSL)", - " --ciphers What SSL ciphers to use (SSL)", - " --compressed Request a compressed response (using deflate or gzip).", + " --ciphers SSL ciphers to use (SSL)", + " --compressed Request compressed response (using deflate or gzip).", " --connect-timeout Maximum time allowed for connection", - " --create-dirs Create the necessary local directory hierarchy", - " --crlf Convert LF to CRLF in upload. Useful for MVS (OS/390)", + " --create-dirs Create necessary local directory hierarchy", + " --crlf Convert LF to CRLF in upload.", " -f/--fail Fail silently (no output at all) on errors (H)", " --ftp-create-dirs Create the remote dirs if not present (F)", - " -F/--form Specify HTTP POST data (H)", + " -F/--form Specify HTTP multipart POST data (H)", " -g/--globoff Disable URL sequences and ranges using {} and []", " -G/--get Send the -d data with a HTTP GET (H)", " -h/--help This help text", " -H/--header Custom header to pass to server. (H)", - " -i/--include Include the HTTP-header in the output (H)", - " -I/--head Fetch document info only (HTTP HEAD/FTP SIZE)", + " -i/--include Include protocol headers in the output (H/F)", + " -I/--head Show document info only (H/F)", " -j/--junk-session-cookies Ignore session cookies read from file (H)", - " --interface Specify the interface to be used", + " --interface Specify network interface to use", " --krb4 Enable krb4 with specified security level (F)", " -k/--insecure Allow curl to connect to SSL sites without certs (H)", " -K/--config Specify which config file to read", " -l/--list-only List only names of an FTP directory (F)", - " --limit-rate Limit how fast transfers to allow", + " --limit-rate Limit transfer speed to this rate", " -L/--location Follow Location: hints (H)", - " --location-trusted Same, and continue to send authentication when ", - " following locations, even when hostname changed", + " --location-trusted Follow Location: and send authentication even ", + " to other hostnames (H)", " -m/--max-time Maximum time allowed for the transfer", - " --max-redirs Set maximum number of redirections allowed (H)", - " --max-filesize Set the maximum file size to download (H/F)", - " -M/--manual Display huge help text", + " --max-redirs Maximum number of redirects allowed (H)", + " --max-filesize Maximum file size to download (H/F)", + " -M/--manual Display the full manual", " -n/--netrc Must read .netrc for user name and password", - " --netrc-optional Use either .netrc or URL; overrides -n", + " --netrc-optional Use either .netrc or URL; overrides -n", " --ntlm Enable HTTP NTLM authentication (H)", - " -N/--no-buffer Disables the buffering of the output stream", + " -N/--no-buffer Disable buffering of the output stream", " -o/--output Write output to instead of stdout", " -O/--remote-name Write output to a file named as the remote file", - " -p/--proxytunnel Perform non-HTTP services through a HTTP proxy", - " --proxy-ntlm Use NTLM authentication on the proxy (H)", - " -P/--ftpport
Use PORT with address instead of PASV when ftping (F)", - " -q When used as the first parameter disables .curlrc", - " -Q/--quote Send QUOTE command to FTP before file transfer (F)", + " -p/--proxytunnel Operate through a HTTP proxy tunnel (using CONNECT)", + " --proxy-ntlm Enable NTLM authentication on the proxy (H)", + " -P/--ftpport
Use PORT with address instead of PASV (F)", + " -q If used as the first parameter disables .curlrc", + " -Q/--quote Send command(s) to server before file transfer (F)", " -r/--range Retrieve a byte range from a HTTP/1.1 or FTP server", - " --random-file File to use for reading random data from (SSL)", + " --random-file File for reading random data from (SSL)", " -R/--remote-time Set the remote file's time on the local output", " -s/--silent Silent mode. Don't output anything", " -S/--show-error Show error. With -s, make curl show errors when they occur", " --stderr Where to redirect stderr. - means stdout.", " -t/--telnet-option Set telnet option", " --trace Dump a network/debug trace to the given file", - " --trace-ascii Like --trace but without the hex output", + " --trace-ascii Like --trace but without the hex output", " -T/--upload-file Transfer/upload to remote site", " --url Another way to specify URL to work with", " -u/--user Specify user and password to use", " Overrides -n and --netrc-optional", " -U/--proxy-user Specify Proxy authentication", - " -v/--verbose Makes the operation more talkative", - " -V/--version Outputs version number then quits", + " -v/--verbose Make the operation more talkative", + " -V/--version Show version number and quit", #ifdef __DJGPP__ - " --wdebug Turns on WATT-32 debugging under DJGPP", + " --wdebug Turn on WATT-32 debugging under DJGPP", #endif " -w/--write-out [format] What to output after completion", - " -x/--proxy Use proxy. (Default port is 1080)", - " -X/--request Specific request command to use", + " -x/--proxy Use HTTP proxy on given port.", + " -X/--request Specify request command to use", " -y/--speed-time Time needed to trig speed-limit abort. Defaults to 30", " -Y/--speed-limit Stop transfer if below speed-limit for 'speed-time' secs", - " -z/--time-cond