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transfer-encoding: document the options

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The new libcurl and command line options are now described.
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Daniel Stenberg
2011-04-14 22:59:34 +02:00
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docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
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@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ work. (Added in 7.10.7)
Pass a parameter set to 1 to enable this. When enabled, libcurl will
automatically set the Referer: field in requests where it follows a Location:
redirect.
.IP CURLOPT_ENCODING
.IP CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING
Sets the contents of the Accept-Encoding: header sent in an HTTP request, and
enables decoding of a response when a Content-Encoding: header is received.
Three encodings are supported: \fIidentity\fP, which does nothing,
@@ -928,6 +928,21 @@ supported encodings is sent.
This is a request, not an order; the server may or may not do it. This option
must be set (to any non-NULL value) or else any unsolicited encoding done by
the server is ignored. See the special file lib/README.encoding for details.
(This option was called CURLOPT_ENCODING before 7.21.6)
.IP CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING
Adds a request for compressed Transfer Encoding in the outgoing HTTP
request. If the server supports this and so desires, it can respond with the
HTTP resonse sent using a compressed Transfer-Encoding that will be
automatically uncompressed by libcurl on receival.
Transfer-Encoding differs slightly from the Content-Encoding you ask for with
\fBCURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING\fP in that a Transfer-Encoding is strictly meant to
be for the transfer and thus MUST be decoded before the data arrives in the
client. Traditionally, Transfer-Encoding has been much less used and supported
by both HTTP clients and HTTP servers.
(Added in 7.21.6)
.IP CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to follow any Location: header that the
server sends as part of an HTTP header.