From 0354cd5f77ccec17d49673a5e7365f6b219d30ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:43:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] curl.1: clarify -E Stress that it is for client certificates and then mention that it also works for all other SSL-based protocols apart from HTTPS and FTPS. Namely POP3S, IMAPS and SMTPS for now. --- docs/curl.1 | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 465aff4..4814483 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -351,12 +351,12 @@ run curl. is used to seed the random engine for SSL connections. See also the \fI--random-file\fP option. .IP "-E/--cert " -(SSL) Tells curl to use the specified certificate file when getting a file -with HTTPS or FTPS. The certificate must be in PEM format. If the optional -password isn't specified, it will be queried for on the terminal. Note that -this option assumes a \&"certificate" file that is the private key and the -private certificate concatenated! See \fI--cert\fP and \fI--key\fP to specify -them independently. +(SSL) Tells curl to use the specified client certificate file when getting a +file with HTTPS, FTPS or another SSL-based protocol. The certificate must be +in PEM format. If the optional password isn't specified, it will be queried +for on the terminal. Note that this option assumes a \&"certificate" file that +is the private key and the private certificate concatenated! See \fI--cert\fP +and \fI--key\fP to specify them independently. If curl is built against the NSS SSL library then this option can tell curl the nickname of the certificate to use within the NSS database defined -- 2.7.4