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curl_easy_setopt.3: HTTP header with no content

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Update the documentation on how to specify a HTTP header with no
content.
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Peter Gal 2013-06-07 16:39:16 +02:00 committed by Daniel Stenberg
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docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3

@ -1436,10 +1436,12 @@ internally, your added one will be used instead. If you add a header with no
content as in 'Accept:' (no data on the right side of the colon), the
internally used header will get disabled. Thus, using this option you can add
new headers, replace internal headers and remove internal headers. To add a
header with no content, make the content be two quotes: \&"". The headers
included in the linked list must not be CRLF-terminated, because curl adds
CRLF after each header item. Failure to comply with this will result in
strange bugs because the server will most likely ignore part of the headers
header with no content (nothing to the right side of the colon), use the
form 'MyHeader;' (note the ending semicolon).
The headers included in the linked list must not be CRLF-terminated, because
curl adds CRLF after each header item. Failure to comply with this will result
in strange bugs because the server will most likely ignore part of the headers
you specified.
The first line in a request (containing the method, usually a GET or POST) is