From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:44:49 +0000 (+0100) Subject: FAQ: clarify the 3.4 section X-Git-Tag: curl-7_29_0~246 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=68e2c9a85faca7708fdb0a09c7c3278fea75f98b;p=thirdparty%2Fcurl.git FAQ: clarify the 3.4 section You can do custom commands to FTP without sending anything by using the CURLOPT_NOBODY, which -I sets. --- diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ index a06d16d54e..1301111089 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ +++ b/docs/FAQ @@ -481,9 +481,10 @@ FAQ You can tell curl to perform optional commands both before and/or after a file transfer. Study the -Q/--quote option. - Since curl is used for file transfers, you don't use curl to just perform - FTP commands without transferring anything. Therefore you must always specify - a URL to transfer to/from even when doing custom FTP commands. + Since curl is used for file transfers, you don't normally use curl to + perform FTP commands without transferring anything. Therefore you must + always specify a URL to transfer to/from even when doing custom FTP + commands, or use -I which implies the "no body" option sent to libcurl. 3.5 How can I disable the Accept: */* header?