From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:24:51 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added an extra text about % in POST data after comments from Daniel Marell
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Added an extra text about % in POST data after comments from Daniel Marell
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diff --git a/docs/FAQ b/docs/FAQ
index 626fd8b59..841504133 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ
+++ b/docs/FAQ
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ FAQ
   In win32, the standard DOS shell treats the %-letter specially and you may
   need to quote the string properly when % is used in it.
 
+  Also note that if you want the literal %-letter to be part of the data you
+  pass in a POST using -d/--data you must encode it as '%25'.
+
   4.3. How can I use {, }, [ or ] to specify multiple URLs?
 
   Because those letters have a special meaning to the shell, and to be used in