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7FEATURES
8
9curl tool
10 - config file support
11 - multiple URLs in a single command line
12 - range "globbing" support: [0-13], {one,two,three}
13 - multiple file upload on a single command line
14 - custom maximum transfer rate
15 - redirectable stderr
16 - metalink support (*13)
17
18libcurl
19 - full URL syntax with no length limit
20 - custom maximum download time
21 - custom least download speed acceptable
22 - custom output result after completion
23 - guesses protocol from host name unless specified
24 - uses .netrc
25 - progress bar with time statistics while downloading
26 - "standard" proxy environment variables support
27 - compiles on win32 (reported builds on 40+ operating systems)
28 - selectable network interface for outgoing traffic
29 - IPv6 support on unix and Windows
30 - persistent connections
31 - socks5 support
32 - supports user name and password in proxy environment variables
33 - operations through proxy "tunnel" (using CONNECT)
34 - support for large files (>2GB and >4GB) during upload and download
35 - replaceable memory functions (malloc, free, realloc, etc)
36 - asynchronous name resolving (*6)
37 - both a push and a pull style interface
38 - international domain names (*11)
39
40HTTP
41 - HTTP/1.1 compliant (optionally uses 1.0)
42 - GET
43 - PUT
44 - HEAD
45 - POST
46 - Pipelining
47 - multipart formpost (RFC1867-style)
48 - authentication: Basic, Digest, NTLM (*9), GSS-Negotiate/Negotiate (*3) and
49   SPNEGO (*4) to server and proxy
50 - resume (both GET and PUT)
51 - follow redirects
52 - maximum amount of redirects to follow
53 - custom HTTP request
54 - cookie get/send fully parsed
55 - reads/writes the netscape cookie file format
56 - custom headers (replace/remove internally generated headers)
57 - custom user-agent string
58 - custom referrer string
59 - range
60 - proxy authentication
61 - time conditions
62 - via http-proxy
63 - retrieve file modification date
64 - Content-Encoding support for deflate and gzip
65 - "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" support in uploads
66 - data compression (*12)
67
68HTTPS (*1)
69 - (all the HTTP features)
70 - using client certificates
71 - verify server certificate
72 - via http-proxy
73 - select desired encryption
74 - force usage of a specific SSL version (SSLv2 (*7), SSLv3 (*10) or TLSv1)
75
76FTP
77 - download
78 - authentication
79 - kerberos4 (*5)
80 - kerberos5 (*3)
81 - active/passive using PORT, EPRT, PASV or EPSV
82 - single file size information (compare to HTTP HEAD)
83 - 'type=' URL support
84 - dir listing
85 - dir listing names-only
86 - upload
87 - upload append
88 - upload via http-proxy as HTTP PUT
89 - download resume
90 - upload resume
91 - custom ftp commands (before and/or after the transfer)
92 - simple "range" support
93 - via http-proxy
94 - all operations can be tunneled through a http-proxy
95 - customizable to retrieve file modification date
96 - no dir depth limit
97
98FTPS (*1)
99 - implicit ftps:// support that use SSL on both connections
100 - explicit "AUTH TLS" and "AUTH SSL" usage to "upgrade" plain ftp://
101   connection to use SSL for both or one of the connections
102
103SCP (*8)
104 - both password and public key auth
105
106SFTP (*8)
107 - both password and public key auth
108 - with custom commands sent before/after the transfer
109
110TFTP
111 - download
112 - upload
113
114TELNET
115 - connection negotiation
116 - custom telnet options
117 - stdin/stdout I/O
118
119LDAP (*2)
120 - full LDAP URL support
121
122DICT
123 - extended DICT URL support
124
125FILE
126 - URL support
127 - upload
128 - resume
129
130SMTP
131 - authentication: Plain, Login, CRAM-MD5, Digest-MD5 and NTLM (*9)
132 - send e-mails
133 - mail from support
134 - mail size support
135 - mail auth support for trusted server-to-server relaying
136 - multiple recipients
137 - via http-proxy
138
139SMTPS (*1)
140 - implicit smtps:// support
141 - explicit "STARTTLS" usage to "upgrade" plain smtp:// connections to use SSL
142 - via http-proxy
143
144POP3
145 - authentication: Clear Text, APOP and SASL
146 - SASL based authentication: Plain, Login, CRAM-MD5, Digest-MD5 and
147   NTLM (*9)
148 - list e-mails
149 - retrieve e-mails
150 - enhanced command support for: CAPA, DELE, TOP, STAT, UIDL and NOOP via
151   custom requests
152 - via http-proxy
153
154POP3S (*1)
155 - implicit pop3s:// support
156 - explicit "STLS" usage to "upgrade" plain pop3:// connections to use SSL
157 - via http-proxy
158
159IMAP
160 - authentication: Clear Text and SASL
161 - SASL based authentication: Plain, Login, CRAM-MD5, Digest-MD5 and
162   NTLM (*9)
163 - list the folders of a mailbox
164 - select a mailbox with support for verifying the UIDVALIDITY
165 - fetch e-mails with support for specifying the UID and SECTION
166 - upload e-mails via the append command
167 - enhanced command support for: EXAMINE, CREATE, DELETE, RENAME, STATUS,
168   STORE, COPY and UID via custom requests
169 - via http-proxy
170
171IMAPS (*1)
172 - implicit imaps:// support
173 - explicit "STARTTLS" usage to "upgrade" plain imap:// connections to use SSL
174 - via http-proxy
175
176FOOTNOTES
177=========
178
179  *1 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, yassl, axTLS, PolarSSL, WinSSL (native
180       Windows), Secure Transport (native iOS/OS X) or qssl (native IBM i)
181  *2 = requires OpenLDAP
182  *3 = requires a GSSAPI-compliant library, such as Heimdal or similar
183  *4 = requires FBopenssl
184  *5 = requires a krb4 library, such as the MIT one or similar
185  *6 = requires c-ares
186  *7 = requires OpenSSL, NSS, qssl, WinSSL or Secure Transport; GnuTLS, for
187       example, only supports SSLv3 and TLSv1
188  *8 = requires libssh2
189  *9 = requires OpenSSL, GnuTLS, NSS, yassl, Secure Transport or SSPI (native
190       Windows)
191  *10 = requires any of the SSL libraries in (*1) above other than axTLS, which
192        does not support SSLv3
193  *11 = requires libidn or Windows
194  *12 = requires libz
195  *13 = requires libmetalink, and either an Apple or Microsoft operating
196        system, or OpenSSL, or GnuTLS, or NSS
197