Bash Question: How to add options to an option.

theKbStockpiler · 08-06-2014, 09:37 AM

lets say we are using a command that takes curl as an option,
{ command --curl } . Now how do I use an option that curl uses , like retry? Command --curl--retry 20? I cant get it to work.

Thanks in advance!

rknichols · 08-06-2014, 12:04 PM

The manpage for the command should tell you how to pass options to curl. Commands lacking a manpage often have a "--help" option that will give usage information. Do you really expect others to help you without even telling what command you are using?

theKbStockpiler · 08-06-2014, 03:06 PM

I'm just trying to protect you from the evils of Mageia4!

Code:

[root@localhost kbs]# urpmi.addmedia --distrib--curl--retry 50  http://mirror.dacentec.com/mageia/distrib/4/i586
Unknown option: distrib--curl--retry
adding medium "50"

suicidaleggroll · 08-06-2014, 03:10 PM

http://search.cpan.org/~tvignaud/urp...i.addmedia.pod

Apparently you use the --curl-options flag

theKbStockpiler · 08-06-2014, 03:53 PM

Is that how all options to options work or just for urmpi.addmedia?

suicidaleggroll · 08-06-2014, 04:16 PM

It depends on the command, but that is a relatively common approach.