1 Long: netrc 2 Short: n 3 Help: Must read .netrc for user name and password 4 Category: curl 5 Example: --netrc $URL 6 Added: 4.6 7 --- 8 Makes curl scan the *.netrc* (*_netrc* on Windows) file in the user's home 9 directory for login name and password. This is typically used for FTP on 10 Unix. If used with HTTP, curl will enable user authentication. See 11 *netrc(5)* and *ftp(1)* for details on the file format. Curl will not 12 complain if that file does not have the right permissions (it should be 13 neither world- nor group-readable). The environment variable "HOME" is used 14 to find the home directory. 15 16 A quick and simple example of how to setup a *.netrc* to allow curl to FTP to 17 the machine host.domain.com with user name \&'myself' and password \&'secret' 18 should look similar to: 19 20 .B "machine host.domain.com login myself password secret" 21