On Wed, August 3, 2011 13:35, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, James B. Byrne wrote:
>
>> Although I cannot grasp the logic behind giving such notice to
>> stdout if that is all one expects to begin with.
>
> I don't understand your question. What is the logic about giving
> output to stdout when you ask for it? curl is about sending or
> getting data

My misapprehension stems from an imperfect interpretation of
--silent. I was seeking a way to obtain just an exit code from cURL
without output redirection and did not inquire closely enough into
what --silent meant to cURL.

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