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Add Metalink information and --metalink option to man page

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ant 2012-05-04 21:58:05 -04:00 committed by Daniel Stenberg
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@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ command is designed to work without user interaction.
curl offers a busload of useful tricks like proxy support, user
authentication, FTP upload, HTTP post, SSL connections, cookies, file transfer
resume and more. As you will see below, the number of features will make your
head spin!
resume, Metalink, and more. As you will see below, the number of features will
make your head spin!
curl is powered by libcurl for all transfer-related features. See
.BR libcurl (3)
@ -832,6 +832,15 @@ is used, this option can be used to prevent curl from following redirections
option to -1 to make it limitless.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--metalink"
Makes curl parse and process a local Metalink file (RFC 5854) and make use
of the mirrors listed within for failover if there are errors (such as the
file or server not being available).
If Metalink support is enabled, curl will also use remote Metalinks if they
are offered with the correct MIME type (application/metalink+xml).
(Added in 7.??.?)
.IP "-n, --netrc"
Makes curl scan the \fI.netrc\fP (\fI_netrc\fP on Windows) file in the user's
home directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on
@ -1693,6 +1702,8 @@ SSPI is supported. If you use NTLM and set a blank user name, curl will
authenticate with your current user and password.
.IP "TLS-SRP"
SRP (Secure Remote Password) authentication is supported for TLS.
.IP "Metalink"
This curl supports Metalink (RFC 5854), which describes mirrors and hashes.
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.SH FILES
.I ~/.curlrc