encourage use of -c to store cookies instead of -D

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.TH curl 1 "17 Oct 2003" "Curl 7.10.8" "Curl Manual"

.TH curl 1 "22 Oct 2003" "Curl 7.10.8" "Curl Manual"

.SH NAME

curl \- transfer a URL

.SH SYNOPSIS

.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!

will be stored in the file. To store cookies, use the -c/--cookie-jar option

or you could even save the HTTP headers to a file using -D/--dump-header!

If this option is set more than once, the last one will be the one that's

used.

.IP "-D/--dump-header <file>"

Write the protocol headers to the specified file.

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!

This option is handy to use when you want to store the headers that a HTTP

site sends to you. Cookies from the headers could then be read in a second

curl invoke by using the -b/--cookie option! The -c/--cookie-jar option is

however a better way to store cookies.

When used on FTP, the ftp server response lines are considered being "headers"

and thus are saved there.