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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/_PROTOCOLS.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/_PROTOCOLS.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b834f9ae3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/_PROTOCOLS.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +<!-- Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. --> +<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: curl --> +# PROTOCOLS +curl supports numerous protocols, or put in URL terms: schemes. Your +particular build may not support them all. +## DICT +Lets you lookup words using online dictionaries. +## FILE +Read or write local files. curl does not support accessing file:// URL +remotely, but when running on Microsoft Windows using the native UNC approach +works. +## FTP(S) +curl supports the File Transfer Protocol with a lot of tweaks and levers. With +or without using TLS. +## GOPHER(S) +Retrieve files. +## HTTP(S) +curl supports HTTP with numerous options and variations. It can speak HTTP +version 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 2 and 3 depending on build options and the correct +command line options. +## IMAP(S) +Using the mail reading protocol, curl can "download" emails for you. With or +without using TLS. +## LDAP(S) +curl can do directory lookups for you, with or without TLS. +## MQTT +curl supports MQTT version 3. Downloading over MQTT equals "subscribe" to a +topic while uploading/posting equals "publish" on a topic. MQTT over TLS is +not supported (yet). +## POP3(S) +Downloading from a pop3 server means getting a mail. With or without using +TLS. +## RTMP(S) +The **Realtime Messaging Protocol** is primarily used to serve streaming media +and curl can download it. +## RTSP +curl supports RTSP 1.0 downloads. +## SCP +curl supports SSH version 2 scp transfers. +## SFTP +curl supports SFTP (draft 5) done over SSH version 2. +## SMB(S) +curl supports SMB version 1 for upload and download. +## SMTP(S) +Uploading contents to an SMTP server means sending an email. With or without +TLS. +## TELNET +Telling curl to fetch a telnet URL starts an interactive session where it +sends what it reads on stdin and outputs what the server sends it. +## TFTP +curl can do TFTP downloads and uploads. |