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Markus Koetter's man page updates for the FTPPORT ranges

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@ -1070,11 +1070,22 @@ be a plain IP address, a host name, a network interface name (under Unix) or
just a '-' symbol to let the library use your system's default IP just a '-' symbol to let the library use your system's default IP
address. Default FTP operations are passive, and thus won't use PORT. address. Default FTP operations are passive, and thus won't use PORT.
Starting in 7.19.5, you can append \&":[start]-[end]\&" to the right of the The address can be followed by a ':' to specify a port, optionally followed by
address, to tell libcurl what TCP port range to use. That means you specify a a '-' to specify a port range. If the port specified is 0, the operating
port range, from a lower to a higher number. A single number works as well, system will pick a free port. If a range is provided and all ports in the
but do note that it increases the risk of failure since the port may not be range are not available, libcurl will report CURLE_FTP_PORT_FAILED for the
available. handle. Invalid port/range settings are ignored. IPv6 addresses followed by
a port or portrange have to be in brackets. IPv6 addresses without port/range
specifier can be in brackets. (added in 7.19.5)
Examples with specified ports:
.nf
eth0:0
192.168.1.2:32000-33000
curl.se:32123
[::1]:1234-4567
.fi
You disable PORT again and go back to using the passive version by setting You disable PORT again and go back to using the passive version by setting
this option to NULL. this option to NULL.