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Re: "--out-null"?

From: Paul Gilmartin via curl-users <curl-users_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:17:49 -0600

On 9/16/25 15:27, Paul Gilmartin via curl-users wrote:
>
> The following seems to transfer the entire 1.6 GB file,
> despite the "--out-null":
> ...
I stand corrected. I relied on my wishful thinking
rather than the man page. I had been wishing for a way
to use --write-out '%{filename_effective}' without
the expense of transferring a large file over the net.

Is there a way? I had been using a read-only --output-dir
go get the filename_effective.

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Thanks,
gil
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