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RE: Specify multiple "@" files for --data

From: Daniel Stenberg via curl-users <curl-users_at_cool.haxx.se>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:59:36 +0100 (CET)

On Fri, 17 Jan 2020, Norton, Mike wrote:

> I think I would call this a documentation bug though. The sentence,
> "Multiple files can also be specified" should be deleted. It does not belong
> there. This particular paragraph is specifically talking about "if you start
> the data with the letter @". The possibility to use "--data" multiple times
> is already explained in a separate paragraph, so it is confusing to suddenly
> mention it again in a not-really-related context.

Yes, but the paragraph above speaks about passing strings. This sentence is
there to emphasize that it works for multiple files *as well*.

But yes, I suppose it is fairly superfluous. See new PR:
https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/4832 

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