CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS.3: mention the COPYPOSTFIELDS option

curl · Nov 20, 2014 · 416cd9a · 416cd9a
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@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ way. For example, the web server may assume that this data is url-encoded.
 
 The data pointed to is NOT copied by the library: as a consequence, it must be
 preserved by the calling application until the associated transfer finishes.
+This behaviour can be changed (so libcurl does copy the data) by setting the
+\fICURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS(3)\fP option.
 
 This POST is a normal application/x-www-form-urlencoded kind (and libcurl will
 set that Content-Type by default when this option is used), which is commonly