curl-users
RE: Uploading Files
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 23:17:49 +0100 (CET)
On Sat, 5 Feb 2005, Nate wrote:
> So cURL can only upload files via http that exist LOCALLY.
curl is a client-side tool. It works from a client to a server. When you talk
http, you can only upload from local to remote. There's no other kind of
upload possible with this protocol.
So yes, curl can only do that.
> E.g. it could not display a multipart form on a website with a browse button
> where a remote user selects a file and then clicks a submit button to upload
> the file and cURL handles the entire process.
Uh? curl doesn't "display forms".
If a users selects a local file and clicks submit to upload, he/she uses a
browser to upload a file. That operation could be done with curl.
> But if the file was already on the server locally and I wanted to put it
> onto a different server I could upload it via cURL by using "curl -F
If you have the file stored and want to do a multi-part formpost, then curl -F
is indeed your friend!
-- Daniel Stenberg -- http://curl.haxx.se -- http://daniel.haxx.se Dedicated custom curl help for hire: http://haxx.se/curl.htmlReceived on 2005-02-05