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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Updated: December 30, 2000 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml) +Updated: January 2, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml) _ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ FAQ Curl supports a range of common internet protocols, currently including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, GOPHER, LDAP, DICT and FILE. + Please spell it cURL or just curl. + 1.2 What is libcurl? libcurl is the engine inside curl that does all the work. curl is more or @@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ FAQ Curl supports resume both ways on FTP, download ways on HTTP. - Try the -c and -C options. + Try the -C option. 3.3. Why doesn't my posting using -F work? @@ -359,9 +361,9 @@ FAQ 4.6. Can you tell me what error code 142 means? All error codes that are larger than the highest documented error code means - that curl has existed due to a timeout. There is currently no nice way for - curl to abort from such a condition and that's why it gets this undocumented - error. This should be changed in releases after 7.4.1. + that curl has existed due to a timeout. There was no nice way for curl to + abort from such a condition and that's why it got this undocumented + error. This should not occur in releases after 7.4.1. 4.7. How do I keep usernames and passwords secret in Curl command lines? @@ -377,6 +379,10 @@ FAQ at least hide them from being read by human eyes, but that is not what anyone would call security. + Also note that regular HTTP and FTP passwords are sent in clear across the + network. All it takes for anyone to fetch them is to listen on the network. + Evesdropping is very easy. + 4.8 I found a bug! It is not a bug if the behaviour is documented. Read the docs first. |