From fd6e87914ca70f0825f47d226c1454e9a9a191bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Roztocil Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:36:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README --- README.rst | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index a18a385e62..f5c04a8753 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -1313,16 +1313,16 @@ is being saved to a file. Done. 251.30 kB in 2.73862s (91.76 kB/s) -Downloaded file name +Downloaded filename -------------------- There are three mutually exclusive ways through which HTTPie determines -the output file name (with decreasing priority): +the output filename (with decreasing priority): -1. You can explicitly provide the exact output file name via ``--output, -o``. +1. You can explicitly provide it via ``--output, -o``. The file gets overwritten if it already exists (or appended to with ``--continue, -c``). -2. The server may specify the file name in the optional ``Content-Disposition`` +2. The server may specify the filename in the optional ``Content-Disposition`` response header. Any leading dots are stripped from a server-provided filename. 3. The last resort HTTPie uses is to generate the filename from a combination of the request URL and the response ``Content-Type``. @@ -1330,8 +1330,8 @@ the output file name (with decreasing priority): the generated filename — even if there has been one or more redirects. -To prevent data loss, HTTPie adds a unique numerical suffix to the -filename, unless the name has been explicitly provided via ``--output, -o``. +To prevent data loss by overwriting, HTTPie adds a unique numerical suffix to the +filename when necessary (unless specified with ``--output, -o``). Piping while downloading @@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ Best practices -------------- The default behaviour of automatically reading ``stdin`` is typically not -desirable during non-interactive invocations. You most likely want to +desirable during non-interactive invocations. You most likely want to use the ``--ignore-stdin`` option to disable it. It is a common gotcha that without this option HTTPie seemingly hangs.