rephrased. -D writes a file, -b reads one. (190106c9) · Commits · CYBER - Cyber Security / TS 103 523 MSP / TLMSP / TLMSP curl

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		@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ will make curl record incoming cookies too, which may be handy if you're using
		this in combination with the -L/--location option. The file format of the file
		to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or the netscape cookie file
		format.

		.B NOTE
		that the file specified with -b/--cookie is only used as input. No cookies
		will be stored in the file. To store cookies, save the HTTP headers to a file
		using -D/--dump-header!
		.IP "-B/--ftp-ascii"
		(FTP/LDAP)
		Use ASCII transfer when getting an FTP file or LDAP info. For FTP, this can
		@@ -97,6 +102,10 @@ The contents of the file must already be url-encoded.
		(HTTP/FTP)
		Write the HTTP headers to this file. Write the FTP file info to this
		file if -I/--head is used.

		This option is handy to use when you want to store the cookies that a HTTP
		site sends to you. The cookies could then be read in a second curl invoke by
		using the -b/--cookie option!
		.IP "-e/--referer <URL>"
		(HTTP)
		Sends the "Referer Page" information to the HTTP server. Some badly