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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Arg: <host[:port]>
Help: SOCKS4a proxy on given host + port
Added: 7.18.0
Category: proxy
+Example: --socks4a hostname:4096 $URL
---
Use the specified SOCKS4a proxy. If the port number is not specified, it is
assumed at port 1080. This asks the proxy to resolve the host name.
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ assumed at port 1080. This asks the proxy to resolve the host name.
This option overrides any previous use of --proxy, as they are mutually
exclusive.
-Since 7.21.7, this option is superfluous since you can specify a socks4a proxy
-with --proxy using a socks4a:// protocol prefix.
+This option is superfluous since you can specify a socks4a proxy with --proxy
+using a socks4a:// protocol prefix. (Added in 7.21.7)
Since 7.52.0, --preproxy can be used to specify a SOCKS proxy at the same time
--proxy is used with an HTTP/HTTPS proxy. In such a case curl first connects to