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Closes #6172
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2.4 KiB
Makefile
69 lines
2.4 KiB
Makefile
Long: config
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Arg: <file>
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Help: Read config from a file
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Short: K
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Category: curl
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---
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Specify a text file to read curl arguments from. The command line arguments
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found in the text file will be used as if they were provided on the command
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line.
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Options and their parameters must be specified on the same line in the file,
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separated by whitespace, colon, or the equals sign. Long option names can
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optionally be given in the config file without the initial double dashes and
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if so, the colon or equals characters can be used as separators. If the option
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is specified with one or two dashes, there can be no colon or equals character
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between the option and its parameter.
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If the parameter contains whitespace (or starts with : or =), the parameter
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must be enclosed within quotes. Within double quotes, the following escape
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sequences are available: \\\\, \\", \\t, \\n, \\r and \\v. A backslash
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preceding any other letter is ignored. If the first column of a config line is
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a '#' character, the rest of the line will be treated as a comment. Only write
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one option per physical line in the config file.
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Specify the filename to --config as '-' to make curl read the file from stdin.
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Note that to be able to specify a URL in the config file, you need to specify
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it using the --url option, and not by simply writing the URL on its own
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line. So, it could look similar to this:
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url = "https://curl.se/docs/"
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When curl is invoked, it (unless --disable is used) checks for a default
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config file and uses it if found. The default config file is checked for in
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the following places in this order:
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1) Use the CURL_HOME environment variable if set
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2) Use the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable if set (Added in 7.73.0)
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3) Use the HOME environment variable if set
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4) Non-windows: use getpwuid to find the home directory
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5) Windows: use APPDATA if set
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6) Windows: use "USERPROFILE\Application Data" if set
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7) On windows, if there is no .curlrc file in the home dir, it checks for one
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in the same dir the curl executable is placed. On Unix-like systems, it will
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simply try to load .curlrc from the determined home dir.
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.nf
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# --- Example file ---
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# this is a comment
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url = "example.com"
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output = "curlhere.html"
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user-agent = "superagent/1.0"
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# and fetch another URL too
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url = "example.com/docs/manpage.html"
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-O
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referer = "http://nowhereatall.example.com/"
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# --- End of example file ---
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.fi
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This option can be used multiple times to load multiple config files.
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