diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index eeb35d41e..8816a2ddd 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ amortizes the overhead of the send. However, in some cases (most notably telnet or rlogin) small segments may need to be sent without delay. This is less efficient than sending larger amounts of data at a time, and can contribute to congestion on the network if -overdone. +overdone. .SH NAMES and PASSWORDS OPTIONS (Authentication) .IP CURLOPT_NETRC This parameter controls the preference of libcurl between using user names and @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ This value tells the library that use of the file is required, to ignore the information in the URL, and to search the file with the host only. .RE -Only machine name, user name and password are taken into account +Only machine name, user name and password are taken into account (init macros and similar things aren't supported). \fBNote:\fP libcurl does not verify that the file has the correct properties @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ The first line in a request (usually containing a GET or POST) is not a header and cannot be replaced using this option. Only the lines following the request-line are headers. -\fBNOTE:\fPThe most commonly replaced headers have "shortcuts" in the options +\fBNOTE:\fP The most commonly replaced headers have "shortcuts" in the options \fICURLOPT_COOKIE\fP, \fICURLOPT_USERAGENT\fP and \fICURLOPT_REFERER\fP. .IP CURLOPT_HTTP200ALIASES Pass a pointer to a linked list of aliases to be treated as valid HTTP 200 @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ The linked list should be a fully valid list of struct curl_slist structs, and be properly filled in. Use \fIcurl_slist_append(3)\fP to create the list and \fIcurl_slist_free_all(3)\fP to clean up an entire list. -\fBNOTE:\fPThe alias itself is not parsed for any version strings. So if your +\fBNOTE:\fP The alias itself is not parsed for any version strings. So if your alias is "MYHTTP/9.9", Libcurl will not treat the server as responding with HTTP version 9.9. Instead Libcurl will use the value set by option \fICURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION\fP. @@ -706,11 +706,11 @@ when doing an ftp directory listing. This is useful for doing DELETE or other more or less obscure HTTP requests. Don't do this at will, make sure your server supports the command first. -NOTE: many people have wrongly used this option to replace the entire request -with their own, including multiple headers and POST contents. While that might -work in many cases, it will cause libcurl to send invalid requests and it -could possibly confuse the remote server badly. Use \fICURLOPT_POST\fP and -\fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS\fP to set POST data. Use \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER\fP to +\fBNOTE:\fP Many people have wrongly used this option to replace the entire +request with their own, including multiple headers and POST contents. While +that might work in many cases, it will cause libcurl to send invalid requests +and it could possibly confuse the remote server badly. Use \fICURLOPT_POST\fP +and \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS\fP to set POST data. Use \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER\fP to replace or extend the set of headers sent by libcurl. Use \fICURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION\fP to change HTTP version. .IP CURLOPT_FILETIME @@ -740,29 +740,29 @@ Pass a long as parameter. This allows you to specify the maximum size (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file requested is larger than this value, the transfer will not start and CURLE_FILESIZE_EXCEEDED will be returned. -NOTE: The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such files -this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger than -this given limit. This concerns both FTP and HTTP transfers. +\fBNOTE:\fP The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such +files this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger +than this given limit. This concerns both FTP and HTTP transfers. .IP CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE Pass a curl_off_t as parameter. This allows you to specify the maximum size (in bytes) of a file to download. If the file requested is larger than this value, the transfer will not start and \fICURLE_FILESIZE_EXCEEDED\fP will be returned. (Added in 7.11.0) -NOTE: The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such files -this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger than -this given limit. This concerns both FTP and HTTP transfers. +\fBNOTE:\fP The file size is not always known prior to download, and for such +files this option has no effect even if the file transfer ends up being larger +than this given limit. This concerns both FTP and HTTP transfers. .IP CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION Pass a long as parameter. This defines how the \fICURLOPT_TIMEVALUE\fP time value is treated. You can set this parameter to \fICURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE\fP or \fICURL_TIMECOND_IFUNMODSINCE\fP. This feature applies to HTTP and FTP. -NOTE: The last modification time of a file is not always known and in such +\fBNOTE:\fP The last modification time of a file is not always known and in such instances this feature will have no effect even if the given time condition would have not been met. .IP CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE Pass a long as parameter. This should be the time in seconds since 1 jan 1970, -and the time will be used in a condition as specified with +and the time will be used in a condition as specified with \fICURLOPT_TIMECONDITION\fP. .SH CONNECTION OPTIONS .IP CURLOPT_TIMEOUT @@ -866,9 +866,10 @@ changed with \fICURLOPT_SSLKEYTYPE\fP. Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. The string should be the format of your private key. Supported formats are "PEM", "DER" and "ENG". -\fBNOTE:\fPThe format "ENG" enables you to load the private key from a crypto -engine. in this case \fICURLOPT_SSLKEY\fP is used as an identifier passed to +\fBNOTE:\fP The format "ENG" enables you to load the private key from a crypto +engine. In this case \fICURLOPT_SSLKEY\fP is used as an identifier passed to the engine. You have to set the crypto engine with \fICURLOPT_SSLENGINE\fP. +\&"DER" format key file currently does not work because of a bug in OpenSSL. .IP CURLOPT_SSLKEYPASSWD Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used as the password required to use the \fICURLOPT_SSLKEY\fP private key. @@ -877,13 +878,13 @@ Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used as the identifier for the crypto engine you want to use for your private key. -\fBNOTE:\fPIf the crypto device cannot be loaded, +\fBNOTE:\fP If the crypto device cannot be loaded, \fICURLE_SSL_ENGINE_NOTFOUND\fP is returned. .IP CURLOPT_SSLENGINE_DEFAULT Sets the actual crypto engine as the default for (asymmetric) crypto operations. -\fBNOTE:\fPIf the crypto device cannot be set, +\fBNOTE:\fP If the crypto device cannot be set, \fICURLE_SSL_ENGINE_SETFAILED\fP is returned. .IP CURLOPT_SSLVERSION Pass a long as parameter. Set what version of SSL to attempt to use, 2 or