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Since "too old" versions are no longer included in the generated man page, this field is now mandatory so that it won't be forgotten and then not included in the documentation. Closes #7786
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Makefile
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828 B
Makefile
Long: netrc
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Short: n
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Help: Must read .netrc for user name and password
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Category: curl
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Example: --netrc $URL
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Added: 4.6
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Makes curl scan the *.netrc* (*_netrc* on Windows) file in the user's home
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directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on
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Unix. If used with HTTP, curl will enable user authentication. See
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*netrc(5)* and *ftp(1)* for details on the file format. Curl will not
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complain if that file doesn't have the right permissions (it should be
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neither world- nor group-readable). The environment variable "HOME" is used
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to find the home directory.
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A quick and very simple example of how to setup a *.netrc* to allow curl
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to FTP to the machine host.domain.com with user name \&'myself' and password
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\&'secret' should look similar to:
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.B "machine host.domain.com login myself password secret"
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