docs/cmdline-opts: document the dotless config path #10849
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The real xdg config path is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/curlrc, without the dot. The dotless name seems preferable, so let's match the documentation to the behavior.
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The real xdg config path is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/curlrc, without the dot. The dotless name seems preferable, so let's match the documentation to the behavior. Closes curl#10849
Actually, in my distro's supplied version, 7.88.1, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.curlrc works but $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/curlrc doesn't. It seems that it originally used the dot-version and then was fixed later (see #12129). Therefore, the man page is technically incorrect; in fact $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/curlrc hasn't been used since 7.73.0, but:
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I'm confused. So curl changed the config path to include a dot contrary to the documentation? Shouldn't that just be reverted? |
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The real xdg config path is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/curlrc, without the dot. The dotless name seems preferable, so let's match the documentation to the behavior.
curl 8.0.1 doesn't seem to care about
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.curlcbut I was happy to find it does find$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/curlrc. Let's document that.