On Fri, 22 Mar 2013, Adam Kellas wrote:

> A browser handles errors by rendering an error message in html and not
> exiting,

The server returns an error code in the HTTP response that curl reads and can
let you know about. That's how HTTP servers return errors to HTTP clients, the
message you speak if is only for humans.

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