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VERBOSE / DEBUG VERBOSE / DEBUG
If curl fails where it isn't supposed to, if the servers don't let you If curl fails where it isn't supposed to, if the servers don't let you in,
in, if you can't understand the responses: use the -v flag to get VERBOSE if you can't understand the responses: use the -v flag to get verbose
fetching. Curl will output lots of info and all data it sends and fetching. Curl will output lots of info and what it sends and receives in
receives in order to let the user see all client-server interaction. order to let the user see all client-server interaction (but it won't show
you the actual data).
curl -v ftp://ftp.upload.com/ curl -v ftp://ftp.upload.com/
To get even more details and information on what curl does, try using the
--trace or --trace-ascii options with a given file name to log to, like
this:
curl --trace trace.txt www.haxx.se
DETAILED INFORMATION DETAILED INFORMATION
Different protocols provide different ways of getting detailed information Different protocols provide different ways of getting detailed information
@ -350,6 +358,13 @@ COOKIES
curl -b headers www.example.com curl -b headers www.example.com
While saving headers to a file is a working way to store cookies, it is
however error-prone and not the prefered way to do this. Instead, make curl
save the incoming cookies using the well-known netscape cookie format like
this:
curl -c cookies.txt www.example.com
Note that by specifying -b you enable the "cookie awareness" and with -L Note that by specifying -b you enable the "cookie awareness" and with -L
you can make curl follow a location: (which often is used in combination you can make curl follow a location: (which often is used in combination
with cookies). So that if a site sends cookies and a location, you can with cookies). So that if a site sends cookies and a location, you can
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the cookies received from www.example.com. curl will send to the server the the cookies received from www.example.com. curl will send to the server the
stored cookies which match the request as it follows the location. The stored cookies which match the request as it follows the location. The
file "empty.txt" may be a non-existant file. file "empty.txt" may be a non-existant file.
Alas, to both read and write cookies from a netscape cookie file, you can
set both -b and -c to use the same file:
curl -b cookies.txt -c cookies.txt www.example.com
PROGRESS METER PROGRESS METER
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Forcing curl not to transfer data faster than a given rate is also possible, Forcing curl not to transfer data faster than a given rate is also possible,
which might be useful if you're using a limited bandwidth connection and you which might be useful if you're using a limited bandwidth connection and you
don't want your transfer to use all of it. don't want your transfer to use all of it (sometimes referred to as
"bandwith throttle").
Make curl transfer data no faster than 10 kilobytes per second: Make curl transfer data no faster than 10 kilobytes per second:
@ -427,6 +447,11 @@ SPEED LIMIT
curl -T upload --limit-rate 1M ftp://uploadshereplease.com curl -T upload --limit-rate 1M ftp://uploadshereplease.com
When using the --limit-rate option, the transfer rate is regulated on a
per-second basis, which will cause the total transfer speed to become lower
than the given number. Sometimes of course substantially lower, if your
transfer stalls during periods.
CONFIG FILE CONFIG FILE
Curl automatically tries to read the .curlrc file (or _curlrc file on win32 Curl automatically tries to read the .curlrc file (or _curlrc file on win32