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.\" * $Id$
.\" **************************************************************************
.\"
.TH curl 1 "2 Nov 2004" "Curl 7.12.3" "Curl Manual"
.TH curl 1 "7 Dec 2004" "Curl 7.12.3" "Curl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl \- transfer a URL
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ won't fail or even report an error clearly. Using -v will get a warning
displayed, but that is the only visible feedback you get about this possibly
lethal situation.
If this option is used several times, the last specfied file name will be
If this option is used several times, the last specified file name will be
used.
.IP "-C/--continue-at <offset>"
Continue/Resume a previous file transfer at the given offset. The given offset
is the exact number of bytes that will be skipped counted from the beginning
of the source file before it is transfered to the destination. If used with
of the source file before it is transferred to the destination. If used with
uploads, the ftp server command SIZE will not be used by curl.
Use "-C -" to tell curl to automatically find out where/how to resume the
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ active FTP transfers. Curl will normally always first attempt to use EPRT,
then LPRT before using PORT, but with this option, it will use PORT right
away. EPRT and LPRT are extensions to the original FTP protocol, may not work
on all servers but enable more functionality in a better way than the
traditional PORT command. (Aded in 7.10.5)
traditional PORT command. (Added in 7.10.5)
If this option is used several times, each occurrence will toggle this on/off.
.IP "--disable-epsv"
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ will instead attempt to create missing directories. (Added in 7.10.7)
If this option is used twice, the second will again disable silent failure.
.IP "--ftp-pasv"
(FTP) Use PASV when transfering. PASV is the internal default behavior, but
using this option can be used to override a previos --ftp-port option. (Added
using this option can be used to override a previous --ftp-port option. (Added
in 7.11.0)
If this option is used twice, the second will again disable silent failure.
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ If this option is used twice, the second will again disable this.
(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
files etc. To force the 'content' part to 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
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ input:
\fBcurl\fP -F password=@/etc/passwd www.mypasswords.com
To read the file's content from stdin insted of a file, use - where the file
To read the file's content from stdin instead of a file, use - where the file
name should've been. This goes for both @ and < constructs.
You can also tell curl what Content-Type to use by using 'type=', in a manner
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ time only.
If this option is used twice, the second will again disable header only.
.IP "-j/--junk-session-cookies"
(HTTP) When curl is told to read cookies from a given file, this option will
make it discard all "session cookies". This will basicly have the same effect
make it discard all "session cookies". This will basically have the same effect
as if a new session is started. Typical browsers always discard session
cookies when they're closed down. (Added in 7.9.7)
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
should be one of 'clear', 'safe', 'confidential' or 'private'. Should you use
a level that is not one of these, 'private' will instead be used.
This option requiures that the library was built with kerberos4 support. This
This option requires that the library was built with kerberos4 support. This
is not very common. Use \fI-V/--version\fP to see if your curl supports it.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
@@ -563,12 +563,12 @@ Very similar to \fI--netrc\fP, but this option makes the .netrc usage
\fBoptional\fP and not mandatory as the \fI--netrc\fP does.
.IP "--negotiate"
(HTTP) Enables GSS-Negotiate authentication. The GSS-Negotiate method was
designed by Microsoft and is used in their web aplications. It is primarily
designed by Microsoft and is used in their web applications. It is primarily
meant as a support for Kerberos5 authentication but may be also used along
with another authentication methods. For more information see IETF draft
draft-brezak-spnego-http-04.txt. (Added in 7.10.6)
This option requiures that the library was built with GSSAPI support. This is
This option requires that the library was built with GSSAPI support. This is
not very common. Use \fI-V/--version\fP to see if your version supports
GSS-Negotiate.
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ authentication method instead. Such as Digest. (Added in 7.10.6)
If you want to enable NTLM for your proxy authentication, then use
\fI--proxy-ntlm\fP.
This option requiures that the library was built with SSL support. Use
This option requires that the library was built with SSL support. Use
\fI-V/--version\fP to see if your curl supports NTLM.
If this option is used several times, the following occurrences make no
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ using \fI--retry-delay\fP you disable this exponential backoff algorithm. See
also \fI--retry-max-time\fP to limit the total time allowed for
retries. (Option added in 7.12.3)
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurance decide the amount.
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurrence decide the amount.
.IP "--retry-delay <seconds>"
Make curl sleep this amount of time between each retry when a transfer has
failed with a transient error (it changes the default backoff time algorithm
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ between retries). This option is only interesting if \fI--retry\fP is also
used. Setting this delay to zero will make curl use the default backoff time.
(Option added in 7.12.3)
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurance decide the amount.
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurrence decide the amount.
.IP "--retry-max-time <seconds>"
The retry timer is reset before the first transfer attempt. Retries will be
done as usual (see \fI--retry\fP) as long as the timer hasn't reached this
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ will be made and while performing, it may take longer than this given time
period. To limit a single request\'s maximum time, use \fI-m/--max-time\fP.
Set this option to zero to not timeout retries. (Option added in 7.12.3)
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurance decide the amount.
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurrence decide the amount.
.IP "-s/--silent"
Silent mode. Don't show progress meter or error messages. Makes
Curl mute.
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
Turn on the TCP_NODELAY option. See the \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP man page for
details about this option. (Added in 7.11.2)
If this option is used several times, each occurance toggles this on/off.
If this option is used several times, each occurrence toggles this on/off.
.IP "-t/--telnet-option <OPT=val>"
Pass options to the telnet protocol. Supported options are:
@@ -884,16 +884,16 @@ HTTPS and FTPS are supported.
.IP "libz"
Automatic decompression of compressed files over HTTP is supported.
.IP "NTLM"
NTLM authenticaion is supported.
NTLM authentication is supported.
.IP "GSS-Negotiate"
Negotiate authenticaion is supported.
Negotiate authentication is supported.
.IP "Debug"
This curl uses a libcurl built with Debug. This enables more error-tracking
and memory debugging etc. For curl-developers only!
.IP "AsynchDNS"
This curl uses asynchronous name resolves.
.IP "SPNEGO"
SPNEGO Negotiate authenticaion is supported.
SPNEGO Negotiate authentication is supported.
.IP "Largefile"
This curl supports transfers of large files, files larger than 2GB.
.IP "IDN"
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ redirections. (Added in 7.12.3)
.TP
.B time_starttransfer
The time, in seconds, it took from the start until the first byte is just about
to be transfered. This includes time_pretransfer and also the time the
to be transferred. This includes time_pretransfer and also the time the
server needs to calculate the result.
.TP
.B size_download
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ use. If there's an environment variable setting a proxy, you can set proxy to
\&"" to override it.
\fBNote\fP that all operations that are performed over a HTTP proxy will
transparantly be converted to HTTP. It means that certain protocol specific
transparently be converted to HTTP. It means that certain protocol specific
operations might not be available. This is not the case if you can tunnel
through the proxy, as done with the \fI-p/--proxytunnel\fP option.
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ FTP can't reconnect. Couldn't connect to the host we got in the 227-line.
.IP 17
FTP couldn't set binary. Couldn't change transfer method to binary.
.IP 18
Partial file. Only a part of the file was transfered.
Partial file. Only a part of the file was transferred.
.IP 19
FTP couldn't download/access the given file, the RETR (or similar) command
failed.