From 52560142bf0a75943323fd5efb2ac6b188066d5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:17:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added some fresh new blurb --- docs/MANUAL | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/MANUAL b/docs/MANUAL index f849110e1..221464ed9 100644 --- a/docs/MANUAL +++ b/docs/MANUAL @@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ SIMPLE USAGE curl ftp://cool.haxx.se/ http://www.weirdserver.com:8000/ + Get a file off an FTPS server: + + curl ftps://files.are.secure.com/secrets.txt + + or use the more appropriate FTPS way to get the same file: + + curl --ftp-ssl ftp://files.are.secure.com/secrets.txt + + DOWNLOAD TO A FILE Get a web page and store in a local file: @@ -64,6 +73,10 @@ USING PASSWORDS It is just like for FTP, but you may also want to specify and use SSL-specific options for certificates etc. + Note that using FTPS:// as prefix is the "implicit" way as described in the + standards while the recommended "explicit" way is done by using FTP:// and + the --ftp-ssl option. + HTTP The HTTP URL doesn't support user and password in the URL string. Curl @@ -105,6 +118,8 @@ PROXY curl -U user:passwd -x my-proxy:888 http://www.get.this/ + curl also supports SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxies with --socks4 and --socks5. + See also the environment variables Curl support that offer further proxy control. @@ -846,6 +861,22 @@ PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS transfers faster. If you use a http proxy for file transfers, practically all transfers will be persistent. +MULTIPLE TRANSFERS WITH A SINGLE COMMAND LINE + + As is mentioned above, you can download multiple files with one command line + by simply adding more URLs. If you want those to get saved to a local file + instead of just printed to stdout, you need to add one save option for each + URL you specify. Note that this also goes for the -O option. + + For example: get two files and use -O for the first and a custom file + name for the second: + + curl -O http://url.com/file.txt ftp://ftp.com/moo.exe -o moo.jpg + + You can also upload multiple files in a similar fashion: + + curl -T local1 ftp://ftp.com/moo.exe -T local2 ftp://ftp.com/moo2.txt + MAILING LISTS For your convenience, we have several open mailing lists to discuss curl,