docs: formpost needs the full size at start of upload

Closes #360
2015-08-02 00:14:23 +02:00
parent f75b6065db
commit c092b0f0f3
2 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -607,7 +607,9 @@ input:
 \fBcurl\fP -F password=@/etc/passwd www.mypasswords.com

 To read content from stdin instead of a file, use - as the filename. This goes
-for both @ and < constructs.
+for both @ and < constructs. Unfortunately it does not support reading the
+file from a named pipe or similar, as it needs the full size before the
+transfer starts.

 You can also tell curl what Content-Type to use by using 'type=', in a manner
 similar to: