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encourage use of -c to store cookies instead of -D

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Daniel Stenberg 2003-10-22 14:37:24 +00:00
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.\" nroff -man curl.1
.\" Written by Daniel Stenberg
.\"
.TH curl 1 "17 Oct 2003" "Curl 7.10.8" "Curl Manual"
.TH curl 1 "22 Oct 2003" "Curl 7.10.8" "Curl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl \- transfer a URL
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B NOTE
that the file specified with -b/--cookie is only used as input. No cookies
will be stored in the file. To store cookies, save the HTTP headers to a file
using -D/--dump-header!
will be stored in the file. To store cookies, use the -c/--cookie-jar option
or you could even save the HTTP headers to a file using -D/--dump-header!
If this option is set more than once, the last one will be the one that's
used.
@ -224,9 +224,10 @@ If this option is used several times, each occurrence will toggle this on/off.
.IP "-D/--dump-header <file>"
Write the protocol headers to the specified file.
This option is handy to use when you want to store the cookies that a HTTP
site sends to you. The cookies could then be read in a second curl invoke by
using the -b/--cookie option!
This option is handy to use when you want to store the headers that a HTTP
site sends to you. Cookies from the headers could then be read in a second
curl invoke by using the -b/--cookie option! The -c/--cookie-jar option is
however a better way to store cookies.
When used on FTP, the ftp server response lines are considered being "headers"
and thus are saved there.