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Update man page info on --metalink and typo.

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Ant Bryan 2012-07-23 22:57:41 -04:00 committed by Daniel Stenberg
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@ -833,11 +833,11 @@ option to -1 to make it limitless.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "--metalink"
If curl is built against the libmetalink library then this option can
tell curl to parse and process a given URI as Metalink file (both
This option can tell curl to parse and process a given URI as Metalink file (both
version 3 and 4 (RFC 5854) are supported) and make use of the mirrors
listed within for failover if there are errors (such as the file or
server not being available). The Metalink file itself is downloaded
server not being available). It will also verify the hashe of the file
after the download completes. The Metalink file itself is downloaded
and processed in memory and not stored in the local file system.
Example to use a remote Metalink file:
@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ ignored. This is because including headers in the response will break
Metalink parser and if the headers are included in the file described
in Metalink file, hash check will fail.
(Added in 7.27.0)
(Added in 7.27.0, if built against the libmetalink library.)
.IP "-n, --netrc"
Makes curl scan the \fI.netrc\fP (\fI_netrc\fP on Windows) file in the user's
home directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on
@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ 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 decide the amount.
If this option is used multiple times, the last occurrence determines the amount.
.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