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Re: cURL problems (by design?) (fwd)

From: Hans Henrik Bergan via curl-users <curl-users_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 10:30:27 +0200

On Wed, Sep 2, 2026, 09:42 Daniel Stenberg via curl-users <
curl-users_at_lists.haxx.se> wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Sep 2026, Daniel Stenberg via curl-users wrote:
>
> > cURL -s --no-clobber -O "<path>"
> >
> > - the option is limited to 100 files.
>
> I propose we extend this and try all the way up to 9999:
>
> https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/22784
>
> > - the 100 output files are (in this particular case): " default.jpg " to
> "
> > default.jpg .99 ".
> > Which is nice, as it avoids the above mentioned overriding, but... why
> > doesn't cURL do so in a more practical way?
>
> I propose that we inject the number into the target file name for
> --no-clobber
> before the extension:
>
> https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/22787
>
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The 100 limit should definitely be configurable.
However, when your requirements get complex,
Please just use a scripting language. Python, PHP, whatever, has excellent
curl bindings, and is much more suitable. 


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Received on 2026-09-02