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dump-header.d: Drop suggestion to use for cookie storage 

Since --cookie-jar is the preferred way to store cookies, no longer
suggest using --dump-header to do so.

Co-authored-by: Daniel Stenberg

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/7414
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Josh Soref 2021-07-18 13:11:14 -04:00 committed by Jay Satiro
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@ -6,14 +6,8 @@ Protocols: HTTP FTP
See-also: output
Category: http ftp
---
Write the received protocol headers to the specified file.
This option is handy to use when you want to store the headers that an HTTP
site sends to you. Cookies from the headers could then be read in a second
curl invocation by using the --cookie option! The --cookie-jar option is a
better way to store cookies.
If no headers are received, the use of this option will create an empty file.
Write the received protocol headers to the specified file. If no headers are
received, the use of this option will create an empty file.
When used in FTP, the FTP server response lines are considered being "headers"
and thus are saved there.