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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d index 6aac568a6..cab3385b4 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/netrc.d @@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ Short: n Help: Must read .netrc for user name and password Category: curl --- -Makes curl scan the \fI.netrc\fP (\fI_netrc\fP on Windows) file in the user's -home directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on +Makes curl scan the *.netrc* (*_netrc* on Windows) file in the user's home +directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on Unix. If used with HTTP, curl will enable user authentication. See -\fInetrc(5)\fP \fIftp(1)\fP for details on the file format. Curl will not +*netrc(5)* *ftp(1)* for details on the file format. Curl will not complain if that file doesn't have the right permissions (it should not be either world- or group-readable). The environment variable "HOME" is used to find the home directory. -A quick and very simple example of how to setup a \fI.netrc\fP to allow curl +A quick and very simple example of how to setup a *.netrc* to allow curl to FTP to the machine host.domain.com with user name \&'myself' and password \&'secret' should look similar to: |