curl.1: fix more consistent wording

"If this option is used several times, the last one will be used."
uniformity
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Ant Bryan 2012-08-10 10:49:22 +02:00 committed by Daniel Stenberg
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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
.\" *
.\" **************************************************************************
.\"
.TH curl 1 "16 February 2012" "Curl 7.25.0" "Curl Manual"
.TH curl 1 "27 July 2012" "Curl 7.27.0" "Curl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl \- transfer a URL
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ done CGIs fail if this field isn't set to "Mozilla/4.0". To encode blanks in
the string, surround the string with single quote marks. This can also be set
with the \fI-H, --header\fP option of course.
If this option is set more than once, the last one will be the one that's
used.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--anyauth"
(HTTP) Tells curl to figure out authentication method by itself, and use the
most secure one the remote site claims to support. This is done by first
@ -175,8 +174,7 @@ input. No cookies will be stored in the file. To store cookies, use the
\fI-c, --cookie-jar\fP option or you could even save the HTTP headers to a file
using \fI-D, --dump-header\fP!
If this option is set more than once, the last one will be the one that's
used.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "-B, --use-ascii"
(FTP/LDAP) Enable ASCII transfer. For FTP, this can also be
enforced by using an URL that ends with ";type=A". This option causes data
@ -224,7 +222,7 @@ NSS ciphers are done differently than OpenSSL and GnuTLS. The full list of
NSS ciphers is in the NSSCipherSuite entry at this URL:
\fIhttp://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/mod_nss.git/plain/docs/mod_nss.html#Directives\fP
If this option is used several times, the last one will override the others.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--compressed"
(HTTP) Request a compressed response using one of the algorithms libcurl
supports, and save the uncompressed document. If this option is used and the
@ -494,7 +492,7 @@ This option can be used multiple times.
has been provided, this data is sent off using the ACCT command. (Added in
7.13.0)
If this option is used twice, the second will override the previous use.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--ftp-alternative-to-user <command>"
(FTP) If authenticating with the USER and PASS commands fails, send this
command. When connecting to Tumbleweed's Secure Transport server over FTPS
@ -707,7 +705,7 @@ currently effective on operating systems offering the TCP_KEEPIDLE and
TCP_KEEPINTVL socket options (meaning Linux, recent AIX, HP-UX and more). This
option has no effect if \fI--no-keepalive\fP is used. (Added in 7.18.0)
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurrence sets the amount. If
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. If
unspecified, the option defaults to 60 seconds.
.IP "--key <key>"
(SSL/SSH) Private key file name. Allows you to provide your private key in this
@ -1242,7 +1240,7 @@ using \fI--retry-delay\fP you disable this exponential backoff algorithm. See
also \fI--retry-max-time\fP to limit the total time allowed for
retries. (Added in 7.12.3)
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurrence determines the amount.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--retry-delay <seconds>"
Make curl sleep this amount of time before each retry when a transfer has
failed with a transient error (it changes the default backoff time algorithm
@ -1250,7 +1248,7 @@ between retries). This option is only interesting if \fI--retry\fP is also
used. Setting this delay to zero will make curl use the default backoff time.
(Added in 7.12.3)
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurrence determines the amount.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--retry-max-time <seconds>"
The retry timer is reset before the first transfer attempt. Retries will be
done as usual (see \fI--retry\fP) as long as the timer hasn't reached this
@ -1259,8 +1257,7 @@ will be made and while performing, it may take longer than this given time
period. To limit a single request\'s maximum time, use \fI-m, --max-time\fP.
Set this option to zero to not timeout retries. (Added in 7.12.3)
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurrence determines the
amount.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "-s, --silent"
Silent or quiet mode. Don't show progress meter or error messages. Makes
Curl mute.