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Author SHA1 Message Date
Daniel Stenberg
eefcc1bda4
docs: introduce "curldown" for libcurl man page format
curldown is this new file format for libcurl man pages. It is markdown
inspired with differences:

- Each file has a set of leading headers with meta-data
- Supports a small subset of markdown
- Uses .md file extensions for editors/IDE/GitHub to treat them nicely
- Generates man pages very similar to the previous ones
- Generates man pages that still convert nicely to HTML on the website
- Detects and highlights mentions of curl symbols automatically (when
  their man page section is specified)

tools:

- cd2nroff: converts from curldown to nroff man page
- nroff2cd: convert an (old) nroff man page to curldown
- cdall: convert many nroff pages to curldown versions
- cd2cd: verifies and updates a curldown to latest curldown

This setup generates .3 versions of all the curldown versions at build time.

CI:

Since the documentation is now technically markdown in the eyes of many
things, the CI runs many more tests and checks on this documentation,
including proselint, link checkers and tests that make sure we capitalize the
first letter after a period...

Closes #12730
2024-01-23 00:29:02 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
48aaab55a5
curl_easy_getinfo.3: remove the wrong time value count
It said "six" time values but they are eight by now. Remove the mention
of the amount.

Closes #12727
2024-01-18 08:57:41 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
6b930f1bfb
docs: cleanup nroff format use
- remove use of .BI for code snippet
- stop using .br, just do a blank line
- remove use of .PP
- remove use for .sp
- remove backslash in .IP
- use .IP instead of .TP

Closes #12731
2024-01-17 23:20:17 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
beb2283746
curl_multi_fdset.3: remove mention of null pointer support
... since this funtion has not supported null pointer fd_set arguments since
at least 2006. (That's when I stopped my git blame journey)

Fixes #12691
Reported-by: sfan5 on github
Closes #12692
2024-01-14 14:53:38 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
5da57193b7
docs: describe and highlight super cookies
Reported-by: Yadhu Krishna M

Closes #12687
2024-01-12 23:55:20 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
77c3c1a8fb
curl_easy_header.3: tiny language fix
Closes #12672
2024-01-10 09:42:49 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
69b6953681
CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER.3: mention CURLINFO_REFERER 2023-12-29 00:40:03 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
6f17ead7b3
CURLINFO_REFERER.3: clarify that it is the *request* header
That libcurl itself sent in the most recent request

Closes #12605
2023-12-29 00:39:54 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
68f96fc9bf
getinfo: CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T
Returns the time, in microseconds, during which this transfer was held
in a waiting queue before it started "for real". A transfer might be put
in a queue if after getting started, it cannot create a new connection
etc due to set conditions and limits imposed by the application.

Ref: #12293
Closes #12368
2023-12-27 09:28:48 +01:00
Haydar Alaidrus
9faeebca88 CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS.3: fix incorrect C string escape in example
- Escape inner quotes with two backslashes.

Two backslashes escapes the backslash for the man page and will show as
a single backslash.

eg: "{\\"name\\": \\"daniel\\"}" shows as "{\"name\": \"daniel\"}".

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/12588
2023-12-23 15:04:56 -05:00
Daniel Stenberg
5d2b0faec2
CURLOPT_SSH_*_KEYFILE: clarify
Closes #12554
2023-12-21 16:24:51 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
dd29622f32
CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS: add
Proposed-by: Yifei Kong
Ref: https://curl.se/mail/lib-2023-11/0023.html
Closes #12369
2023-12-18 23:09:30 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
f58e493e44
curl.h: add CURLE_TOO_LARGE
A new error code to be used when an internal field grows too large, like
when a dynbuf reaches its maximum. Previously it would return
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY for this, which is highly misleading.

Ref: #12268
Closes #12269
2023-12-18 10:34:22 +01:00
Viktor Szakats
ede2e812c2
tidy-up: whitespace
Closes #12484
2023-12-08 03:28:50 +00:00
Daniel Stenberg
cb521d1f9a
docs: make all examples in all libcurl man pages compile
Closes #12448
2023-12-04 10:50:42 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
018f9cb480
symbols-in-versions: the CLOSEPOLICY options are deprecated
The were used with the CURLOPT_CLOSEPOLICY option, which *never* worked.
2023-12-02 17:07:34 +01:00
Lau
f5ba531ed2
libcurl-security.3: fix typo
Fixed minimal typo.

Closes #12437
2023-12-01 17:54:38 +01:00
Jay Satiro
841427376e CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME_T.3: fix time explanation
- Change CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME_T explanation to say that it
  includes protocol-specific instructions that trigger a transfer.

Prior to this change it explicitly said that it did not include those
instructions in the time, but that is incorrect.

The change is a copy of the fixed explanation already in
CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME, fixed by ec8dcd7b.

Reported-by: eeverettrbx@users.noreply.github.com

Fixes https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/12431
Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/12432
2023-12-01 02:58:00 -05:00
Daniel Stenberg
66ec950004
libcurl-errors.3: sync with current public headers
Closes #12424
2023-11-28 22:55:33 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
ad1dfc594f
docs/libcurl: SYNSOPSIS cleanup
- use the correct include file
- make sure they are declared as in the header file
- fix minor nroff syntax mistakes (missing .fi)

These are verified by verify-synopsis.pl, which extracts the SYNPOSIS
code and runs it through gcc.

Closes #12402
2023-11-24 20:35:38 +01:00
Viktor Szakats
e9a7d4a1c8
windows: use built-in _WIN32 macro to detect Windows
Windows compilers define `_WIN32` automatically. Windows SDK headers
or build env defines `WIN32`, or we have to take care of it. The
agreement seems to be that `_WIN32` is the preferred practice here.
Make the source code rely on that to detect we're building for Windows.

Public `curl.h` was using `WIN32`, `__WIN32__` and `CURL_WIN32` for
Windows detection, next to the official `_WIN32`. After this patch it
only uses `_WIN32` for this. Also, make it stop defining `CURL_WIN32`.

There is a slight chance these break compatibility with Windows
compilers that fail to define `_WIN32`. I'm not aware of any obsolete
or modern compiler affected, but in case there is one, one possible
solution is to define this macro manually.

grepping for `WIN32` remains useful to discover Windows-specific code.

Also:

- extend `checksrc` to ensure we're not using `WIN32` anymore.

- apply minor formatting here and there.

- delete unnecessary checks for `!MSDOS` when `_WIN32` is present.

Co-authored-by: Jay Satiro
Reviewed-by: Daniel Stenberg

Closes #12376
2023-11-22 15:42:25 +00:00
Daniel Stenberg
9a8bb20d48
CURLMOPT_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS: make sure the set value is within range
... or use the default value.

Also clarify the documentation language somewhat.

Closes #12382
2023-11-22 15:01:04 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
5b686e34fb
curl_easy_duphandle.3: clarify how HSTS and alt-svc are duped
Closes #12315
2023-11-13 15:36:27 +01:00
Jay Satiro
cdac7cd3f3 CURLOPT_CAINFO_BLOB.3: explain what CURL_BLOB_COPY does
- Add an explanation of the CURL_BLOB_COPY flag to CURLOPT_CAINFO_BLOB
  and CURLOPT_PROXY_CAINFO_BLOB docs.

All the other _BLOB option docs already have the same explanation.

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/12277
2023-11-12 14:29:01 -05:00
Andrew Kurushin
1af46f2f93 schannel: add CA cache support for files and memory blobs
- Support CA bundle and blob caching.

Cache timeout is 24 hours or can be set via CURLOPT_CA_CACHE_TIMEOUT.

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/12261
2023-11-11 04:11:11 -05:00
Daniel Stenberg
0f3e9d5723
docs: remove bold from some man page SYNOPSIS sections
In the name of consistency

Closes #12267
2023-11-04 12:29:41 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
fdaed85b02
CURPOST_POSTFIELDS.3: add CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS in SEE ALSO 2023-11-02 20:34:14 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
63e1a9a1e7
docs: clarify that curl passes on input unfiltered
... for several options.

Reported-by: Ophir Lojkine

Closes #12249
2023-11-02 16:27:39 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
faa45a637f
libcurl-thread.3: simplify the TLS section
All TLS libraries curl can use are threadsafe since OpenSSL 1.1.x, August
2016.

Closes #12233
2023-10-31 14:27:25 +01:00
Daniel Stenberg
910f740ce2
CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION.3: clarify what libcurl returns for CURL_WRITEFUNC_ERROR
It returns CURLE_WRITE_ERROR. It was not previously stated clearly.

Reported-by: enWILLYado on github
Fixes #12201
Closes #12203
2023-10-26 17:08:25 +02:00
Daniel Stenberg
9cf4759354
gnutls: support CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA
Remove the CURL_CA_FALLBACK logic. That build option was added to allow
primarily OpenSSL to use the default paths for loading the CA certs. For
GnuTLS it was instead made to load the "system certs", which is
different and not desirable.

The native CA store loading is now asked for with this option.

Follow-up to 7b55279d1d

Co-authored-by: Jay Satiro

Closes #12137
2023-10-21 14:41:06 +02:00
rilysh
276ffedec2
docs: fix function typo in curl_easy_option_next.3
Closes #12170
2023-10-20 22:57:47 +02:00
Carlos Henrique Lima Melara
e4de693bf6 docs/libcurl: fix three minor man page format mistakes
Reported-by: Samuel Henrique

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/12126
2023-10-14 23:19:53 -04:00
Daniel Stenberg
e2006b5d58
opts: fix two minor man page format mistakes 2023-10-14 18:22:24 +02:00
Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
1f7d8cd478
docs: use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH for generated manpages
This should make builds from Git reproducible.

Closes #12092
2023-10-12 09:45:41 +02:00
Jay Satiro
ba8c5c49a3 libcurl-env-dbg.3: move debug variables from libcurl-env.3
- Move documentation of libcurl environment variables used only in debug
  builds from libcurl-env into a separate document libcurl-env-dbg.

- Document more debug environment variables.

Previously undocumented or missing a description:

CURL_ALTSVC_HTTP, CURL_DBG_SOCK_WBLOCK, CURL_DBG_SOCK_WPARTIAL,
CURL_DBG_QUIC_WBLOCK, CURL_DEBUG, CURL_DEBUG_SIZE, CURL_GETHOSTNAME,
CURL_HSTS_HTTP, CURL_FORCETIME, CURL_SMALLREQSEND, CURL_SMALLSENDS,
CURL_TIME.

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/11811
2023-10-10 15:37:16 -04:00
Daniel Stenberg
43215842f2
url: fall back to http/https proxy env-variable if ws/wss not set
Reported-by: Craig Andrews
Fixes #12031
Closes #12058
2023-10-08 11:29:10 +02:00
Jay Satiro
0dc40b2a0f CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION.3: warn about internal handles
- Warn that the user's debug callback may be called with the handle
  parameter set to an internal handle.

Without this warning the user may assume that the only handles their
debug callback receives are the easy handles on which they set
CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION.

This is a follow-up to f8cee8cc which changed DoH handles to inherit
the debug callback function set in the user's easy handle. As a result
those handles are now passed to the user's debug callback function.

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/12034
2023-10-08 00:21:10 -04:00
Marc Hoersken
190374c74e
docs/libcurl/opts/Makefile.inc: add missing manpage files
Detected with #9532
2023-10-07 20:54:38 +02:00
Daniel Stenberg
a311c72723
curl_easy_pause.3: mention it works within callbacks
Reported-by: Maxim Dzhura
Bug: https://curl.se/mail/lib-2023-10/0010.html
Closes #12046
2023-10-06 14:48:32 +02:00
Daniel Stenberg
4a80c7503f
curl_easy_pause.3: mention h2/h3 buffering
Asked-by: Maxim Dzhura
Ref: https://curl.se/mail/lib-2023-10/0011.html

Closes #12045
2023-10-06 14:47:36 +02:00
Daniel Stenberg
f11a5d2c5a
docs: update curl man page references
Detected by the manpage-syntax update

Closes #11963
2023-09-28 22:57:24 +02:00
Viktor Szakats
a8c773845f
tidy-up: whitespace fixes
Closes #11972
2023-09-28 12:03:28 +00:00
Daniel Stenberg
bb50368ef8
docs: adapt SEE ALSO sections to new requirements
To please manpage-syntax.pl used by test 1173

Closes #11957
2023-09-27 10:40:32 +02:00
Daniel Stenberg
8547ae56fa
docs: add see also curl_multi_get_handles to some man pages
Assisted-by: Jay Satiro

Closes #11942
2023-09-26 23:30:50 +02:00
Jay Satiro
398c59ae63 docs: explain how PINNEDPUBLICKEY is independent of VERIFYPEER
- Explain that peer verification via CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY takes place
  even if peer verification via CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER is turned off.

The behavior is verified by test2048.

Bug: https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/2935#issuecomment-418371872
Reported-by: claudiusaiz@users.noreply.github.com

Bug: https://github.com/curl/curl/discussions/11910
Reported-by: Hakan Sunay Halil

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/11930
2023-09-26 03:44:35 -04:00
Daniel Stenberg
9ffd411735
curl_multi_get_handles: get easy handles from a multi handle
Closes #11750
2023-09-25 20:16:58 +02:00
Daniel Stenberg
914e49b9b7
lib: let the max filesize option stop too big transfers too
Previously it would only stop them from getting started if the size is
known to be too big then.

Update the libcurl and curl docs accordingly.

Fixes #11810
Reported-by: Elliot Killick
Assisted-by: Jay Satiro
Closes #11820
2023-09-23 11:20:20 +02:00
Ted Lyngmo
c1ab33ed79
docs: use CURLSSLBACKEND_NONE
[ssl] use CURLSSLBACKEND_NONE instead of (curl_sslbackend)-1 in
documentation and examples.

Signed-off-by: Ted Lyngmo <ted@lyncon.se>

Closes #11909
2023-09-21 14:15:03 +02:00
Daniel Stenberg
945db0d958
docs: remove use of the word 'very'
It is mostly superfluous. proselint would complain.

Closes #11818
2023-09-07 22:52:07 +02:00