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<!-- Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. -->
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<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: curl -->
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# URL
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The URL syntax is protocol-dependent. You find a detailed description in
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RFC 3986.
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If you provide a URL without a leading **protocol://** scheme, curl guesses
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what protocol you want. It then defaults to HTTP but assumes others based on
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often-used host name prefixes. For example, for host names starting with
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"ftp." curl assumes you want FTP.
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You can specify any amount of URLs on the command line. They are fetched in a
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sequential manner in the specified order unless you use --parallel. You can
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specify command line options and URLs mixed and in any order on the command
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line.
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curl attempts to reuse connections when doing multiple transfers, so that
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getting many files from the same server do not use multiple connects and setup
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handshakes. This improves speed. Connection reuse can only be done for URLs
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specified for a single command line invocation and cannot be performed between
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separate curl runs.
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Provide an IPv6 zone id in the URL with an escaped percentage sign. Like in
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"http://[fe80::3%25eth0]/"
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Everything provided on the command line that is not a command line option or
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its argument, curl assumes is a URL and treats it as such.
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