diff options
| author | Graham Christensen <graham.christensen@target.com> | 2018-05-18T18·19-0400 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Graham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com> | 2018-05-18T18·21-0400 |
| commit | 33712fed389976a40ca48631266e5604e8f7e955 (patch) | |
| tree | 4015b031ae04372ea920694167b5160d52c1b6c2 /doc | |
| parent | 966407bcf1cf86de508b20fef43cffb81d8a87dc (diff) | |
manual: document why ~/.netrc doesn't work
Maybe there is a better place to document this, which is more generic?
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index 1865bb37c860..5045f85d392e 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml @@ -524,7 +524,12 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable> For the exact syntax, see <link xlink:href="https://ec.haxx.se/usingcurl-netrc.html">the - <literal>curl</literal> documentation.</link></para></listitem> + <literal>curl</literal> documentation.</link></para> + + <note><para>This must be an absolute path, and <literal>~</literal> + is not resolved. For example, <filename>~/.netrc</filename> won't + resolve to your home directory's <filename>.netrc</filename>.</para></note> + </listitem> </varlistentry> |