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Daniel Stenberg
2026-03-26
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location/follow: mention netrc
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docs/cmdline-opts/follow.md+3 -0
| @@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ This is subtly different than --location, as that option always set the custom | |
| method in all subsequent requests independent of response code. | |
| Restrict which protocols a redirect is accepted to follow with --proto-redir. | |
| + | |
| + | When --netrc is used in combination with this option, credentials for the |
| + | followed-to hosts may also be selected from that file. |
docs/cmdline-opts/location.md+6 -4
| @@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ location (indicated with a Location: header and a 3XX response code), this | |
| option makes curl redo the request to the new place. If used together with | |
| --show-headers or --head, headers from all requested pages are shown. | |
| - | When authentication is used, or when sending a cookie with `-H Cookie:`, curl |
| - | only sends its credentials to the initial host. If a redirect takes curl to a |
| - | different host, it does not get the credentials passed on. See |
| - | --location-trusted on how to change this. |
| + | When authentication is provided on the command line (for example --user or |
| + | --oauth2-bearer), or when sending a cookie with `-H Cookie:`, curl only sends |
| + | its credentials to the initial host. If a redirect takes curl to a different |
| + | host, it does not get the credentials passed on. See --location-trusted on how |
| + | to change this. When --netrc is used in combination with this option, |
| + | credentials for the followed-to hosts may also be selected from that file. |
| Limit the amount of redirects to follow by using the --max-redirs option. | |