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Re: -K/--config help

From: Abhijit Gadkari <abhijit.gadkari_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:58:47 -0800

Try this out from command prompt.

Assuming you are using windows 98+ machine. If not, then take out the
> test.html .

curl --config config.txt > test.html

config.txt will look like

# Doing Testing

url = "http://www.google.com"

I have tested this and it works. It will display the html code on your screen.

Tx.

Abhijit

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:09:41 -0500, HART, CHRISTOPHER T
<christopher.t.hart_at_bankofamerica.com> wrote:
> You only need one or the other. curl http://website.com -K file.txt and curl http://website.com --config file.txt should do the same thing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
> [mailto:curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]On Behalf Of Jake Abramson
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 3:58 PM
> To: curl tool talk
> Subject: RE: -K/--config help
>
> Yes and that much I do know (please don't assume that I didn't look at the
> manual), however it doesn't make sense to me. What is the correct syntax,
> is it this?
>
> curl http://website.com -K --config file.txt
>
> ?
>
> At 12:44 PM 3/25/2005, you wrote:
> > -K/--config <config file>
> > Specify which config file to read curl arguments from.
> > The config file is a text file in which command line
> > arguments can be written which then will be used as if
> > they were written on the actual command line. Options
> > and their parameters must be specified on the same con-
> >
> > fig file line. If the parameter is to contain white
> > spaces, the parameter must be inclosed within quotes.
> > If the first column of a config line is a '#' charac-
> > ter, the rest of the line will be treated as a comment.
> >
> > Specify the filename as '-' to make curl read the file
> > from stdin.
> >
> > This option can be used multiple times.
> >
> >(From the curl manual - try curl --manual or
> >http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html)
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
> >[mailto:curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]On Behalf Of Jake Abramson
> >Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 12:43 PM
> >To: curl-users_at_cool.haxx.se
> >Subject: -K/--config help
> >
> >
> >My command is too long for a dos prompt to handle so I'm going to use the
> >-K/--config combo. I can't find documentation on how to specify what the
> >-K is pointing to. Can someone give me some assistance?
> >
> >Thanks.
>
>
Received on 2005-03-26