On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, curl-mailinglist_at_courbis.com wrote:

> Is there an option in cURL to force a connexion to a specific IP, regardless
> the DNS resolution (this could be also used to test a new webserver before
> making the DNS settings)

Sure, there are at least two different ones:

1. Use --header and provide a custom "Host:" header like

   curl http://1.2.3.4/ -H "Host: my.site.com"

2. Use --resolve to add "fake" host entries:

   curl http://my.site.com/ --resolve my.site.com:80:1.2.3.4

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  / daniel.haxx.se
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