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Re: Totally newbie questions

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel-curl_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:25:46 +0200 (CEST)

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Reza Razavipour wrote:

> I need to figure out how to transfer files between Windows and Linux
> machines. A google search led me to Curl. Is this the correct tool for the
> job?

Perhaps, if you want to use one of the protocols curl supports.

> Easy more logical to require the target Linux machine to have ftp enabled or
> http?

To quote the front web page: "Curl is a command line tool for transferring
files with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, GOPHER, TELNET,
DICT, FILE and LDAP."

So yes, if one of those protocols are used, you can use curl.

> Can I use this lib in a commercial software?

You mean like this: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html#6.2

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Received on 2004-10-19