From: Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:01:19 +0000 (-0300) Subject: docs: clarify -z/--time-cond with filename (mention mtime) X-Git-Tag: curl-7_26_0~129 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c4a8446c7087ce1502e0df5214ab1e61f168a098;p=curl docs: clarify -z/--time-cond with filename (mention mtime) Original wording could lead users in thinking it tries to somehow parse the filename for a date expression (like news_2012_03_05.html). It never mentions that it actually reads the mtime of the file in filesystem. --- diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 995f5de53..486ef4b15 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -1628,12 +1628,12 @@ speed-time seconds it gets aborted. speed-time is set with -y and is 30 if not set. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. -.IP "-z, --time-cond " -(HTTP/FTP/FILE) Request a file that has been modified later than the given time -and date, or one that has been modified before that time. The date expression -can be all sorts of date strings or if it doesn't match any internal ones, it -tries to get the time from a given file name instead! See the -\fIcurl_getdate(3)\fP man pages for date expression details. +.IP "-z/--time-cond |" +(HTTP/FTP) Request a file that has been modified later than the given time and +date, or one that has been modified before that time. The can +be all sorts of date strings or if it doesn't match any internal ones, it is +taken as a filename and tries to get the modification date (mtime) from +instead. See the \fIcurl_getdate(3)\fP man pages for date expression details. Start the date expression with a dash (-) to make it request for a document that is older than the given date/time, default is a document that is newer