| c: Copyright (C) 1998 - 2022, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. |
| SPDX-License-Identifier: curl |
| Long: url |
| Arg: <url> |
| Help: URL to work with |
| Category: curl |
| Example: --url $URL |
| Added: 7.5 |
| See-also: next config |
| Multi: append |
| --- |
| Specify a URL to fetch. This option is mostly handy when you want to specify |
| URL(s) in a config file. |
| |
| If the given URL is missing a scheme name (such as "http://" or "ftp://" etc) |
| then curl will make a guess based on the host. If the outermost sub-domain |
| name matches DICT, FTP, IMAP, LDAP, POP3 or SMTP then that protocol will be |
| used, otherwise HTTP will be used. Since 7.45.0 guessing can be disabled by |
| setting a default protocol, see --proto-default for details. |
| |
| To control where this URL is written, use the --output or the --remote-name |
| options. |
| |
| **WARNING**: On Windows, particular file:// accesses can be converted to |
| network accesses by the operating system. Beware! |