Loading docs/curl.1 +18 −0 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -80,6 +80,24 @@ getting many files from the same server will not do multiple connects / handshakes. This improves speed. Of course this is only done on files handshakes. This improves speed. Of course this is only done on files specified on a single command line and cannot be used between separate curl specified on a single command line and cannot be used between separate curl invokes. invokes. .SH "PROGRESS METER" curl normally displays a progress meter during operations, indicating amount of transfered data, transfer speeds and estimated time left etc. However, since curl displays data to the terminal by default, if you invoke curl to do an operation and it is about to write data to the terminal, it \fIdisables\fP the progress meter as otherwise it would mess up the output mixing progress meter and response data. If you want a progress meter for HTTP POST or PUT requests, you need to redirect the response output to a file, using shell redirect (>), -o [file] or similar. It is not the same case for FTP upload as that operation is not spitting out any response data to the terminal. If you prefer a progress "bar" instead of the regular meter, \fI-#\fP is your friend. .SH OPTIONS .SH OPTIONS .IP "-a/--append" .IP "-a/--append" (FTP) When used in an FTP upload, this will tell curl to append to the target (FTP) When used in an FTP upload, this will tell curl to append to the target Loading Loading
docs/curl.1 +18 −0 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -80,6 +80,24 @@ getting many files from the same server will not do multiple connects / handshakes. This improves speed. Of course this is only done on files handshakes. This improves speed. Of course this is only done on files specified on a single command line and cannot be used between separate curl specified on a single command line and cannot be used between separate curl invokes. invokes. .SH "PROGRESS METER" curl normally displays a progress meter during operations, indicating amount of transfered data, transfer speeds and estimated time left etc. However, since curl displays data to the terminal by default, if you invoke curl to do an operation and it is about to write data to the terminal, it \fIdisables\fP the progress meter as otherwise it would mess up the output mixing progress meter and response data. If you want a progress meter for HTTP POST or PUT requests, you need to redirect the response output to a file, using shell redirect (>), -o [file] or similar. It is not the same case for FTP upload as that operation is not spitting out any response data to the terminal. If you prefer a progress "bar" instead of the regular meter, \fI-#\fP is your friend. .SH OPTIONS .SH OPTIONS .IP "-a/--append" .IP "-a/--append" (FTP) When used in an FTP upload, this will tell curl to append to the target (FTP) When used in an FTP upload, this will tell curl to append to the target Loading
