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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2020-10-16 15:36:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2020-10-16 15:36:01 +0200 |
| commit | bfd35d5edadffa5d36e99c1c7b1b060d88510fdd (patch) | |
| tree | a74c73ceb5dea154c9e9be60a7a240dfb1f329a7 | |
| parent | 6d1a05b0bf991ad6d25151ed92ee3924579e19b3 (diff) | |
| download | curl-bfd35d5edadffa5d36e99c1c7b1b060d88510fdd.tar.gz | |
CURLOPT_URL.3: clarify SCP/SFTP URLs are for uploads as well
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_URL.3 | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_URL.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_URL.3 index f9222c3b4..3bec3c1b0 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_URL.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_URL.3 @@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ For more information about the individual components of an IMAP URL please see RFC5092. .IP SCP -The path part of a SCP request specifies the file to retrieve and from what -directory. The file part may not be omitted. The file is taken as an absolute +The path part of an SCP URL specifies the path and file to retrieve or +upload. The file part may not be omitted. The file is taken as an absolute path from the root directory on the server. To specify a path relative to the user's home directory on the server, prepend ~/ to the path portion. If the user name is not embedded in the URL, it can be set with the @@ -232,13 +232,12 @@ scp://user@example.com/etc/issue - This specifies the file /etc/issue scp://example.com/~/my-file - This specifies the file my-file in the user's home directory on the server .IP SFTP -The path part of a SFTP request specifies the file to retrieve and from what -directory. If the file part is omitted then libcurl downloads the directory -listing for the directory specified. If the path ends in a / then a directory -listing is returned instead of a file. If the path is omitted entirely then -the directory listing for the root / home directory will be returned. If the -user name is not embedded in the URL, it can be set with the -\fICURLOPT_USERPWD(3)\fP or \fICURLOPT_USERNAME(3)\fP option. +The path part of an SFTP URL specifies the file to retrieve or upload. If the +path ends in a / then a directory listing is returned instead of a file. If +the path is omitted entirely then the directory listing for the root / home +directory will be returned. If the user name is not embedded in the URL, it +can be set with the \fICURLOPT_USERPWD(3)\fP or \fICURLOPT_USERNAME(3)\fP +option. sftp://user:password@example.com/etc/issue - This specifies the file /etc/issue |