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| author | wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-02-23 18:51:13 +0000 |
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| committer | wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-02-23 18:51:13 +0000 |
| commit | 9c3b9cf06267a1de1f9a650cdd4b5886f727ac82 (patch) | |
| tree | 313c1a2c164db01e32728f6f169a5b2c8dab60c6 /usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 | |
| parent | 8f00b27bc3caf4e4036d6d83ba916b59d065dc30 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-9c3b9cf06267a1de1f9a650cdd4b5886f727ac82.zip FreeBSD-src-9c3b9cf06267a1de1f9a650cdd4b5886f727ac82.tar.gz | |
Deal with broken Web sites which return 302 responses rather than 404
and an error document when the requested resource does not exist. Grrr.
Requested by: asami
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 index bab5988..5be93f3 100644 --- a/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 +++ b/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -.\" $Id: fetch.1,v 1.27 1999/01/15 16:56:22 wollman Exp $ -.Dd January 15, 1999 +.\" $Id: fetch.1,v 1.28 1999/02/03 20:43:28 fenner Exp $ +.Dd February 22, 1999 .Dt FETCH 1 -.Os FreeBSD 3.1 +.Os FreeBSD 4.0 .Sh NAME .Nm fetch .Nd retrieve a file by Uniform Resource Locator .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm fetch -.Op Fl MPablmnpqrtv +.Op Fl AMPablmnpqrtv .Op Fl S Ar size .Op Fl T Ar timeout .Op Fl o Ar file @@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ flags. .Pp The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl A +Do not automatically follow ``temporary'' (302) redirects. Some +broken Web sites will return a redirect instead of a not-found error +when the requested object does not exist. .It Fl a Automatically retry the transfer upon soft failures. .It Fl b @@ -192,7 +196,7 @@ proxy client passes the remote username, host and port as the .Tn FTP session's username, in the form .Do Va remoteuser Ns Li \&@ Ns Va remotehost -.Op Li \^@ Ns Va port +.Op Li \&@ Ns Va port .Dc . The .Tn HTTP @@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ or .Pp and .Nm -will prompt for the missing information if it is required. She might +will prompt for any missing information when it is required. She might also specify a realm of .Dq Li \&* instead of |
