[bf8ac01] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[a2d8572] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[8e2075c] | 6 |
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[1363324e] | 7 | <!ENTITY curl-download-http "http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-&curl-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY curl-download-ftp "ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/utils/archivers/curl/curl-&curl-version;.tar.bz2">
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[32a8ca3] | 9 | <!ENTITY curl-md5sum "3a461b145a4a31fe7d5a44684e7fbdbc">
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[b834dfc7] | 10 | <!ENTITY curl-size "2.1 MB">
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[c5e7d76] | 11 | <!ENTITY curl-buildsize "33 MB">
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[546a1b6] | 12 | <!ENTITY curl-time "0.5 SBU (additional 0.9 SBU to run the test suite)">
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[a2d8572] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[377584f] | 15 | <sect1 id="curl" xreflabel="cURL-&curl-version;">
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[bf8ac01] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="curl.html"?>
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[dc775a26] | 17 |
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[bf8ac01] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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[55329727] | 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[bf8ac01] | 21 | </sect1info>
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[dc775a26] | 22 |
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[3e89149] | 23 | <title>cURL-&curl-version;</title>
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[dc775a26] | 24 |
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[bf8ac01] | 25 | <indexterm zone="curl">
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[3e89149] | 26 | <primary sortas="a-cURL">cURL</primary>
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[bf8ac01] | 27 | </indexterm>
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[dc775a26] | 28 |
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[bf8ac01] | 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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[3e89149] | 30 | <title>Introduction to cURL</title>
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[dc775a26] | 31 |
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[2ca26748] | 32 | <para>The <application>cURL</application> package contains
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[32a8ca3] | 33 | <command>curl</command> and its support library
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| 34 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>. This is useful for
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| 35 | transferring files with URL syntax to any of the following protocols:
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| 36 | FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS and FILE.
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| 37 | This ability to both download and upload files can be incorporated into other
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| 38 | programs to support functions like streaming media.</para>
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[dc775a26] | 39 |
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[bf8ac01] | 40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 41 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-http;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &curl-md5sum;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download size: &curl-size;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &curl-buildsize;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated build time: &curl-time;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | </itemizedlist>
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[dc775a26] | 61 |
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[3e89149] | 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">cURL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[dc775a26] | 63 |
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[bf8ac01] | 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[358241d1] | 65 | <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, -->
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[d5404360] | 66 | <xref linkend="openssl"/> or <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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[2ca26748] | 67 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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[fcd6bf9d] | 68 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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[2ca26748] | 69 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>,
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[32a8ca3] | 70 | <ulink url="http://www.libssh2.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">libssh2</ulink>
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| 71 | (for secure transfers),
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[2ca26748] | 72 | <ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>,
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[fcd6bf9d] | 73 | <ulink url="http://www.vintela.com/resources/topics/spnego/">SPNEGO</ulink>, and
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[bf8ac01] | 74 | <ulink url="http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/">c-ares</ulink></para>
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[dc775a26] | 75 |
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[c5e7d76] | 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for Running the Test Suite</bridgehead>
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| 77 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="stunnel"/> (for the HTTPS and FTPS tests)</para>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <!-- and
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[1c65bfd] | 80 | <ulink url="http://valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink> (not used if building
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[c5e7d76] | 81 | the shared library)</para> -->
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[dc775a26] | 82 |
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[061ec9d] | 83 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 84 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/curl"/></para>
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| 85 |
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[bf8ac01] | 86 | </sect2>
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[dc775a26] | 87 |
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[bf8ac01] | 88 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[3e89149] | 89 | <title>Installation of cURL</title>
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[dc775a26] | 90 |
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[2ca26748] | 91 | <para>Install <application>cURL</application> by running the following
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[bf8ac01] | 92 | commands:</para>
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[dc775a26] | 93 |
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[bf8ac01] | 94 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 95 | make</userinput></screen>
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[dc775a26] | 96 |
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[4880b3d2] | 97 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. Note that
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| 98 | if you have <application>Stunnel</application> and
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| 99 | <application>TCP Wrapper</application> installed and you wish to perform
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| 100 | the HTTPS tests, you'll need to have an unrestrictive
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| 101 | <filename>/etc/hosts.deny</filename> file.</para>
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[dc775a26] | 102 |
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[bf8ac01] | 103 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[dc775a26] | 104 |
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[bf8ac01] | 105 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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[11436b7] | 106 | find docs -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1" -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm &&
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[951fac10] | 107 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version; &&
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[bf8ac01] | 108 | cp -v -R docs/* /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</userinput></screen>
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[dc775a26] | 109 |
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[bf8ac01] | 110 | </sect2>
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[dc775a26] | 111 |
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[bf8ac01] | 112 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 113 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[dc775a26] | 114 |
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[2ca26748] | 115 | <para><option>--with-gssapi</option>:
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| 116 | This parameter adds <application>Kerberos 5</application> support to
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[bf8ac01] | 117 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>.</para>
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[dc775a26] | 118 |
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[b834dfc7] | 119 | <para><option>--with-libssh2</option>:
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| 120 | This parameter adds SSH2 protocol support to
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| 121 | <filename class="libraryfile">libcurl</filename>.</para>
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| 122 |
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[32a8ca3] | 123 | <para><option>--without-ssl --with-gnutls</option>:
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| 124 | To build with GnuTLS support instead of OpenSSL for SSL/TLS.
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| 125 | </para>
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| 126 |
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[6473e74] | 127 | <para><command>find docs -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1"
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[546a1b6] | 128 | -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm</command>: This command removes man files
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| 129 | from the source tree that have already been installed by the
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| 130 | <command>make install</command> command.</para>
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[11436b7] | 131 |
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[bf8ac01] | 132 | </sect2>
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[dc775a26] | 133 |
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[bf8ac01] | 134 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 135 | <title>Contents</title>
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[dc775a26] | 136 |
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[bf8ac01] | 137 | <segmentedlist>
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| 138 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 139 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 140 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[dc775a26] | 141 |
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[bf8ac01] | 142 | <seglistitem>
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| 143 | <seg>curl and curl-config</seg>
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[061ec9d] | 144 | <seg>libcurl.{so,a}</seg>
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[2ca26748] | 145 | <seg>/usr/include/curl, /usr/share/curl
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[bf8ac01] | 146 | and /usr/share/doc/curl-&curl-version;</seg>
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| 147 | </seglistitem>
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| 148 | </segmentedlist>
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[dc775a26] | 149 |
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[bf8ac01] | 150 | <variablelist>
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| 151 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 152 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 153 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[dc775a26] | 154 |
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[bf8ac01] | 155 | <varlistentry id="curl-prog">
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| 156 | <term><command>curl</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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[32a8ca3] | 158 | <para>is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax.
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| 159 | </para>
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[bf8ac01] | 160 | <indexterm zone="curl curl-prog">
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| 161 | <primary sortas="b-curl">curl</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm>
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| 163 | </listitem>
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| 164 | </varlistentry>
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[dc775a26] | 165 |
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[bf8ac01] | 166 | <varlistentry id="curl-config">
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| 167 | <term><command>curl-config</command></term>
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| 168 | <listitem>
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[2ca26748] | 169 | <para>prints information about the last compile, like libraries
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[bf8ac01] | 170 | linked to and prefix setting.</para>
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| 171 | <indexterm zone="curl curl-config">
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| 172 | <primary sortas="b-curl-config">curl-config</primary>
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| 173 | </indexterm>
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| 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 | </varlistentry>
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[dc775a26] | 176 |
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[bf8ac01] | 177 | <varlistentry id="libcurl">
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[061ec9d] | 178 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libcurl.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[bf8ac01] | 179 | <listitem>
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[2ca26748] | 180 | <para>provides the API functions required by
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[bf8ac01] | 181 | <command>curl</command> and other programs.</para>
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| 182 | <indexterm zone="curl libcurl">
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[061ec9d] | 183 | <primary sortas="c-libcurl">libcurl.{so,a}</primary>
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[bf8ac01] | 184 | </indexterm>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 | </varlistentry>
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[dc775a26] | 187 |
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[bf8ac01] | 188 | </variablelist>
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[dc775a26] | 189 |
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[bf8ac01] | 190 | </sect2>
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[dc775a26] | 191 |
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[f45b1953] | 192 | </sect1>
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