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@ -129,20 +129,24 @@ document, it returns a HTML document stating so (which often also
describes why and more). This flag will prevent curl from
outputting that and fail silently instead.
.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 multipart/form-data according to RFC1867. This enables
uploading of binary files etc. To force the 'content' part to be
read from a file, prefix the file name with an @ sign. Example, to
send your password file to the server, where 'password' is the
name of the form-field to which /etc/passwd will be the input:
(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
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
with the letter <. The difference between @ and < is then that @ makes a file
get attached in the post as a file upload, while the < makes a text field and
just get the contents for that text field from a file.
Example, to send your password file to the server, where
'password' is the name of the form-field to which /etc/passwd will be the
input:
.B curl
-F password=@/etc/passwd www.mypasswords.com
To read the file's content from stdin insted of a file, use - where the file
name should've been.
name should've been. This goes for both @ and < constructs.
.IP "-h/--help"
Usage help.
.IP "-H/--header <header>"
@ -594,6 +598,7 @@ If you do find any (or have other suggestions), mail Daniel Stenberg
- David LeBlanc <dleblanc@qnx.com>
- Rich Gray at Plus Technologies
- Luong Dinh Dung <u8luong@lhsystems.hu>
- Torsten Foertsch <torsten.foertsch@gmx.net>
.SH WWW
http://curl.haxx.se