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author | Steve Holme <steve_holme@hotmail.com> | 2013-03-18 22:43:16 +0000 |
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committer | Steve Holme <steve_holme@hotmail.com> | 2013-03-18 22:43:16 +0000 |
commit | 91ab2497c6108871e6c4effe58961674a68d9d9b (patch) | |
tree | 3e850db0b3b8a2a12a5b18afc71cc50738e16aec /docs/FEATURES | |
parent | d1d0ee075f3da05771399d0c05eb7ea9e01c5ec3 (diff) | |
download | curl-91ab2497c6108871e6c4effe58961674a68d9d9b.tar.gz |
FEATURES: Small tidy up for constancy and grammar
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diff --git a/docs/FEATURES b/docs/FEATURES index d3f8cd55e..14d7e78dd 100644 --- a/docs/FEATURES +++ b/docs/FEATURES @@ -15,23 +15,23 @@ curl tool - redirectable stderr - metalink support (*13) -libcurl supports +libcurl - full URL syntax with no length limit - custom maximum download time - custom least download speed acceptable - custom output result after completion - guesses protocol from host name unless specified - uses .netrc - - progress bar/time specs while downloading + - progress bar with time statistics while downloading - "standard" proxy environment variables support - compiles on win32 (reported builds on 40+ operating systems) - selectable network interface for outgoing traffic - IPv6 support on unix and Windows - persistent connections - socks5 support - - supports user name + password in proxy environment variables + - supports user name and password in proxy environment variables - operations through proxy "tunnel" (using CONNECT) - - supports large files (>2GB and >4GB) both upload/download + - support for large files (>2GB and >4GB) during upload and download - replaceable memory functions (malloc, free, realloc, etc) - asynchronous name resolving (*6) - both a push and a pull style interface @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ HTTP - via http-proxy - retrieve file modification date - Content-Encoding support for deflate and gzip - - "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" support for "uploads" + - "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" support in uploads - data compression (*12) HTTPS (*1) @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ HTTPS (*1) FTP - download - authentication - - kerberos4 (*5), kerberos5 (*3) + - kerberos4 (*5) + - kerberos5 (*3) - active/passive using PORT, EPRT, PASV or EPSV - single file size information (compare to HTTP HEAD) - 'type=' URL support @@ -107,7 +108,8 @@ SFTP (*8) - with custom commands sent before/after the transfer TFTP - - download / upload + - download + - upload TELNET - connection negotiation @@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ DICT FILE - URL support - - "uploads" + - upload - resume SMTP @@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ IMAP - fetch e-mails with support for specifing the UID and SECTION - upload e-mails via the append command - enhanced command support for: EXAMINE, CREATE, DELETE, RENAME, STATUS, - STORE, COPY, and UID via custom requests + STORE, COPY and UID via custom requests - via http-proxy IMAPS (*1) @@ -175,16 +177,16 @@ FOOTNOTES ========= *1 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, yassl, axTLS, PolarSSL, schannel (native - Windows), Secure Transport (native iOS/OS X) or qssl (native IBM i) + Windows), Secure Transport (native iOS/OS X) or qssl (native IBM i) *2 = requires OpenLDAP - *3 = requires a GSSAPI-compliant library, such as Heimdal or similar. + *3 = requires a GSSAPI-compliant library, such as Heimdal or similar *4 = requires FBopenssl - *5 = requires a krb4 library, such as the MIT one or similar. + *5 = requires a krb4 library, such as the MIT one or similar *6 = requires c-ares - *7 = requires OpenSSL, NSS, qssl, schannel, or Secure Transport; GnuTLS, for + *7 = requires OpenSSL, NSS, qssl, schannel or Secure Transport; GnuTLS, for example, only supports SSLv3 and TLSv1 *8 = requires libssh2 - *9 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, yassl, Secure Transport, or SSPI (native + *9 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, yassl, Secure Transport or SSPI (native Windows) *10 = requires any of the SSL libraries in (*1) above other than axTLS, which does not support SSLv3 |