From 0e492341283778c37cf190abd22424942902f34d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:35:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] _PROTOCOLS.md: mention file:// is only for absolute paths

... when using curl.

Asked-by: Paul Gilmartin
URL: https://curl.se/mail/archive-2025-07/0018.html
Closes #18060
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 docs/cmdline-opts/_PROTOCOLS.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/_PROTOCOLS.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/_PROTOCOLS.md
index ffde15b420..76fa79676e 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/_PROTOCOLS.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/_PROTOCOLS.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Lets you lookup words using online dictionaries.
 ## FILE
 Read or write local files. curl does not support accessing file:// URL
 remotely, but when running on Microsoft Windows using the native UNC approach
-works.
+works. Only absolute paths.
 ## FTP(S)
 curl supports the File Transfer Protocol with a lot of tweaks and levers. With
 or without using TLS.
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2.47.3