On Saturday 20 of March 2010 20:00:46 Scott Haneda wrote:
> So it is not possible to do what I desire, which is to use -O to parse the
> filename from the URL, and set an alternate save destination in the same
> command. curl will always save with -O to the cwd?

AFAIK, yes.

> If that is the case, that is great to know, as I now know I will simply
> have to cd to the preferred directory first.

Sure, doing so in a subshell might be also good idea:

$ (cd ~/Desktop && curl -O ...)

Kamil
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Received on 2010-03-20