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From: curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
[mailto:curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se]On Behalf Of Kjell Ericson
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:59 AM
To: the curl tool
Subject: Re: quoting password

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Michael wrote:

> but if I use
> curl "ftp://user:abc\/def*ghi@host/file.txt"
> the command hangs.

Hanging is a very bad error message...

Escaping is the solution, but you need to URL-escape it.

  curl 'ftp://user:abc%2fdef%2aghi@host/file.txt'

I would also suggest using ' instead of " so the shell doesn't mingle your
input.

  // Kjell

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Received on 2005-09-29