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Alex Deymoe3149cc2016-10-05 11:18:42 -07003Curl is a command-line tool for transferring data specified with URL
Alex Deymod15eaac2016-06-28 14:49:26 -07004syntax. Find out how to use curl by reading [the curl.1 man
5page](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html) or [the MANUAL
6document](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manual.html). Find out how to install Curl
7by reading [the INSTALL document](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/install.html).
8
9libcurl is the library curl is using to do its job. It is readily available to
10be used by your software. Read [the libcurl.3 man
11page](https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl.html) to learn how!
12
13You find answers to the most frequent questions we get in [the FAQ
14document](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html).
15
16Study [the COPYING file](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html) for
17distribution terms and similar. If you distribute curl binaries or other
18binaries that involve libcurl, you might enjoy [the LICENSE-MIXING
19document](https://curl.haxx.se/legal/licmix.html).
20
Alex Deymoe3149cc2016-10-05 11:18:42 -070021## Contact
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23If you have problems, questions, ideas or suggestions, please contact us by
24posting to a suitable [mailing list](https://curl.haxx.se/mail/).
25
26All contributors to the project are listed in [the THANKS
27document](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/thanks.html).
28
Alex Deymoe3149cc2016-10-05 11:18:42 -070029## Website
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31Visit the [curl web site](https://curl.haxx.se/) for the latest news and
32downloads.
33
Alex Deymoe3149cc2016-10-05 11:18:42 -070034## Git
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Alex Deymoe3149cc2016-10-05 11:18:42 -070036To download the very latest source off the Git server do this:
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38 git clone https://github.com/curl/curl.git
39
40(you'll get a directory named curl created, filled with the source code)
41
Alex Deymoe3149cc2016-10-05 11:18:42 -070042## Notice
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44Curl contains pieces of source code that is Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Kungliga
45Tekniska Högskolan. This notice is included here to comply with the
46distribution terms.