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what is an "effective url"?

From: Mohun Biswas <m_biswas_at_mailinator.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:43:49 -0400

According to the libcurl API docs we use curl_easy_setopt() to assign a
URL, but when using curl_easy_getinfo() we use CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL to
retrieve an _effective_ URL. Neither the libcurl docs nor Google point
to a definition of the term "effective URL" so I'm wondering: is this
just a turn of phrase in the libcurl docs or is the original URL
transformed in some way to become an effective URL?

Thanks,
MB
Received on 2008-07-25