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README
- Curl is a command line tool for transfering data specified with URL
- syntax. Find out how to use Curl by reading the curl.1 man page or the
- README.curl document. Find out how to install Curl by reading the INSTALL
+ Curl is a command line tool for transferring data specified with URL
+ syntax. Find out how to use curl by reading the curl.1 man page or the
+ MANUAL document. Find out how to install Curl by reading the INSTALL
document.
- libcurl is a link-library that Curl is using to do its job. It is readily
- available to be used by your software. Read the README.libcurl document to
- find out how!
+ libcurl is the library curl is using to do its job. It is readily
+ available to be used by your software. Read the libcurl.3 man page to
+ learn how!
You find answers to the most frequent questions we get in the FAQ document.
- Always try the Curl web site for the latest news:
+ Study the COPYING file for distribution terms and similar. If you distribute
+ curl binaries or other binaries that involve libcurl, you might enjoy the
+ LICENSE-MIXING document.
- http://curl.haxx.nu
+CONTACT
- The official download mirror sites are:
+ If you have problems, questions, ideas or suggestions, please contact us
+ by posting to a suitable mailing list. See http://curl.haxx.se/mail/
- Sweden -- ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/www/utilities/curl/
- Germany -- ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/network/curl/
- China -- http://www.pshowing.com/curl/
+ All contributors to the project are listed in the THANKS document.
- To download the very latest source off the CVS server do this:
+WEB SITE
- cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.curl.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/curl login
+ Visit the curl web site for the latest news and downloads:
- (just press enter when asked for password)
+ http://curl.haxx.se/
- cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.curl.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/curl co .
+GIT
- (now, you'll get all the latest sources downloaded into your current
- directory. Note that this does not create a directory named curl or
- anything)
+ To download the very latest source off the GIT server do this:
- cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.curl.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/curl logout
-
- (you're off the hook!)
+ git clone git://github.com/bagder/curl.git
+
+ (you'll get a directory named curl created, filled with the source code)
+
+NOTICE
+
+ Curl contains pieces of source code that is Copyright (c) 1998, 1999
+ Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan. This notice is included here to comply with the
+ distribution terms.