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CURLOPT_NOBODY.3: clarify this option is for downloads

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When enabling CURLOPT_NOBODY, libcurl effectively switches off upload
mode and will do a download (without a body). This is now better
explained in this man page.

Bug: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2014-08/0236.html
Reported-by: John Coffey
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Daniel Stenberg 2014-08-27 23:59:54 +02:00
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.TH CURLOPT_NOBODY 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_NOBODY \- do the request without getting the body
CURLOPT_NOBODY \- do the download request without getting the body
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NOBODY, long opt);
.SH DESCRIPTION
A long parameter set to 1 tells libcurl to not include the body-part in the
output. For HTTP(S), this makes libcurl do a HEAD request. For most other
protocols it means just not asking to transfer the body data.
output when doing what would otherwise be a download. For HTTP(S), this makes
libcurl do a HEAD request. For most other protocols it means just not asking
to transfer the body data.
Enabling this option means asking for a download but without a body.
.SH DEFAULT
0, the body is transferred
.SH PROTOCOLS