4.2 and 4.3 were updated

Updated: January 11, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml)

Updated: January 15, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml)

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 4. Running Problems

  4.1 Problems connecting to SSL servers.

  4.2 Why do I get problems when I use & in the URL?

  4.2 Why do I get problems when I use & or % in the URL?

  4.3 How can I use {, }, [ or ] to specify multiple URLs?

  4.4 Why do I get downloaded data even though the web page doesn't exist?

  4.5 Why do I get return code XXX from a HTTP server?

  I have also seen examples where the remote server didn't like the SSLv2

  request and instead you had to force curl to use SSLv3 with -3/--sslv3.

  4.2. Why do I get problems when I use & in the URL?

  4.2. Why do I get problems when I use & or % in the URL?

  In general unix shells, the & letter is treated special and when used it

  runs the specified command in the background. To safely send the & as a part

     curl 'http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text=yes&q=curl'

  In win32, the standard DOS shell treats the %-letter specially and you may

  need to quote the string properly when % is used in it.

  4.3. How can I use {, }, [ or ] to specify multiple URLs?

  Because those letters have a special meaning to the shell, and to be used in

    curl '{curl,www}.haxx.se'

  To be able to use those letters as actual parts of the URL (without using

  them for the curl URL "globbing" system), use the -g/--globoff option

  (included in curl 7.6 and later):

    curl -g 'www.site.com/weirdname[].html'

  4.4. Why do I get downloaded data even though the web page doesn't exist?

  Curl asks remote servers for the page you specify. If the page doesn't exist