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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/dump-header.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/dump-header.d index 8449dfe85..8c617b92c 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/dump-header.d +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/dump-header.d @@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ Help: Write the received headers to <filename> Protocols: HTTP FTP See-also: output Category: http ftp +Example: --dump-header store.txt $URL +Added: 5.7 --- -Write the received protocol headers to the specified file. - -This option is handy to use when you want to store the headers that an HTTP -site sends to you. Cookies from the headers could then be read in a second -curl invocation by using the --cookie option! The --cookie-jar option is a -better way to store cookies. - -If no headers are received, the use of this option will create an empty file. +Write the received protocol headers to the specified file. If no headers are +received, the use of this option will create an empty file. When used in FTP, the FTP server response lines are considered being "headers" and thus are saved there. |