glfs/basicnet/netlibs/curl/curl-intro.xml
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<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>cURL</application></title>
<para>The <application>cURL</application> package contains curl and its
support library. This is useful for transferring files with
<acronym>URL</acronym> syntax.
For example, <command>curl http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-&curl-version;.tar.gz &gt;
curl-&curl-version;.tar.gz</command> would download this program's
<acronym>TAR</acronym> ball to the current directory. This ability to both download and
redirect files can be incorporated into other programs to support
functions like streaming media.</para>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&curl-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &curl-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &curl-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &curl-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title><application>cURL</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="openssl"/> and <xref linkend="openldap"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>