_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

diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/_PROTOCOLS.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/_PROTOCOLS.md
index ffde15b420887c05fcd9dc77ca6774cc2139acce..76fa79676e1339290367589d8e6fa46ad4fe8474 100644 (file)
--- 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.