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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/retry-all-errors.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/retry-all-errors.d index 6bda52b6e..2a9c552fc 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/retry-all-errors.d +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/retry-all-errors.d @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Long: retry-all-errors Help: Retry all errors (use with --retry) Added: 7.71.0 Category: curl +Example: --retry-all-errors $URL --- Retry on any error. This option is used together with --retry. @@ -11,10 +12,19 @@ receiving duplicate data. Do not use with redirected input or output. You'd be much better off handling your unique problems in shell script. Please read the example below. -Warning: For server compatibility curl attempts to retry failed flaky transfers -as close as possible to how they were started, but this is not possible with -redirected input or output. For example, before retrying it removes output data -from a failed partial transfer that was written to an output file. However this -is not true of data redirected to a | pipe or > file, which are not reset. We -strongly suggest don't parse or record output via redirect in combination with -this option, since you may receive duplicate data. +**WARNING**: For server compatibility curl attempts to retry failed flaky +transfers as close as possible to how they were started, but this is not +possible with redirected input or output. For example, before retrying it +removes output data from a failed partial transfer that was written to an +output file. However this is not true of data redirected to a | pipe or > +file, which are not reset. We strongly suggest you do not parse or record +output via redirect in combination with this option, since you may receive +duplicate data. + +By default curl will not error on an HTTP response code that indicates an HTTP +error, if the transfer was successful. For example, if a server replies 404 +Not Found and the reply is fully received then that is not an error. When +--retry is used then curl will retry on some HTTP response codes that indicate +transient HTTP errors, but that does not include most 4xx response codes such +as 404. If you want to retry on all response codes that indicate HTTP errors +(4xx and 5xx) then combine with --fail. |