Thanks for the quick response although I forgot to mention that this
uses HTTPS. I am trying to do the transfer on a single command line,
but maybe I should break it down into multiple steps.

Thanks - Jason

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From: curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
[mailto:curl-users-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of Daniel Stenberg
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 06:27
To: the curl tool
Subject: Re: CURL Behavior

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Jason Allen wrote:

> It appears that CURL tries to transfer the file as soon as it gets a
> cookie;

No. When you tell curl to transfer data to a HTTP server with POST or
PUT, it
starts sending the data as soon as it should according to HTTP. That is
typically after it has sent the request-headers and that is _before_ it
has
received any response-headers that would possibly include a cookie.

> however, the session may not be 'totally authenticated'.

If so, then you need to make a prior request to fetch the proper cookie.

> Is there an arbitrary timer between establishing a session and start
of
> transfer?

There are no "sessions" in HTTP. There is just single-shot requests.
Sessions
are created by servers by using cookies, dynamic URLs, hidden form
variables
etc.

> Can I set this on the command line? I have a "--trace-ascii" log as
well
> but it does not show any errors.

--trace-ascii shows you exactly what curl sent and received.

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