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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
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SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
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Long: netrc
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Short: n
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Help: Must read .netrc for user name and password
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Category: curl
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Added: 4.6
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Mutexed: netrc-file netrc-optional
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Multi: boolean
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See-also:
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- netrc-file
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- config
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- user
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Example:
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- --netrc $URL
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# `--netrc`
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Makes curl scan the *.netrc* file in the user's home directory for login name
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and password. This is typically used for FTP on Unix. If used with HTTP, curl
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enables user authentication. See *netrc(5)* and *ftp(1)* for details on the
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file format. Curl does not complain if that file does not have the right
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permissions (it should be neither world- nor group-readable). The environment
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variable "HOME" is used to find the home directory.
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On Windows two filenames in the home directory are checked: *.netrc* and
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*_netrc*, preferring the former. Older versions on Windows checked for *_netrc*
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only.
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A quick and simple example of how to setup a *.netrc* to allow curl to FTP to
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the machine host.domain.com with user name 'myself' and password 'secret'
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could look similar to:
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machine host.domain.com
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login myself
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password secret
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