Unverified Commit 9e651848 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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TODO: Windows: set attribute 'archive' for completed downloads

Closes #3354
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 18.8 offer color-coded HTTP header output
 18.9 Choose the name of file in braces for complex URLs
 18.10 improve how curl works in a windows console window
 18.11 Windows: set attribute 'archive' for completed downloads
 18.12 keep running, read instructions from pipe/socket
 18.13 support metalink in http headers
 18.14 --fail without --location should treat 3xx as a failure
@@ -1004,6 +1005,17 @@ that doesn't exist on the server, just like --ftp-create-dirs.
 window, the transfer is interrupted and can get disconnected. This can
 probably be improved. See https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/322

18.11 Windows: set attribute 'archive' for completed downloads

 The archive bit (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE, 0x20) separates files that shall be
 backed up from those that are either not ready or have not changed.

 Downloads in progress are neither ready to be backed up, nor should they be
 opened by a different process. Only after a download has been completed it's
 sensible to include it in any integer snapshot or backup of the system.

 See https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/3354

18.12 keep running, read instructions from pipe/socket

 Provide an option that makes curl not exit after the last URL (or even work