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fixed -F to support setting type= even on parts that aren't file-uploads

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Daniel Stenberg
2004-09-10 21:47:52 +00:00
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@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ If this option is used twice, the second will again disable silent failure.
If this option is used twice, the second will again disable silent failure.
.IP "-F/--form <name=content>"
(HTTP) This lets curl emulate a filled in form in which a user has pressed the
submit button. This causes curl to POST data using the content-type
submit button. This causes curl to POST data using the Content-Type
multipart/form-data according to RFC1867. This enables uploading of binary
files etc. To force the 'content' part to be be a file, prefix the file name
with an @ sign. To just get the content part from a file, prefix the file name
@@ -355,11 +355,15 @@ input:
To read the file's content from stdin insted of a file, use - where the file
name should've been. This goes for both @ and < constructs.
You can also tell curl what Content-Type to use for the file upload part, by
using 'type=', in a manner similar to:
You can also tell curl what Content-Type to use by using 'type=', in a manner
similar to:
\fBcurl\fP -F "web=@index.html;type=text/html" url.com
or
\fBcurl\fP -F "name=daniel;type=text/foo" url.com
See further examples and details in the MANUAL.
This option can be used multiple times.