Commit c4a8446c authored by Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion)'s avatar Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion) Committed by Daniel Stenberg
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docs: clarify -z/--time-cond with filename (mention mtime) 

Original wording could lead users in thinking it tries to
somehow parse the filename for a date expression (like
news_2012_03_05.html). It never mentions that it actually
reads the mtime of the file in filesystem.
parent 456d8db3

docs/curl.1

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@@ -1628,12 +1628,12 @@ speed-time seconds it gets aborted. speed-time is set with -y and is 30 if 
not set.



If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.

.IP "-z, --time-cond <date expression>"

(HTTP/FTP/FILE) Request a file that has been modified later than the given time

and date, or one that has been modified before that time. The date expression

can be all sorts of date strings or if it doesn't match any internal ones, it

tries to get the time from a given file name instead! See the

\fIcurl_getdate(3)\fP man pages for date expression details.

.IP "-z/--time-cond <date expression>|<file>"

(HTTP/FTP) Request a file that has been modified later than the given time and

date, or one that has been modified before that time. The <date expression> can

be all sorts of date strings or if it doesn't match any internal ones, it is

taken as a filename and tries to get the modification date (mtime) from <file>

instead. See the \fIcurl_getdate(3)\fP man pages for date expression details.



Start the date expression with a dash (-) to make it request for a document

that is older than the given date/time, default is a document that is newer