On 18/05/07, André Malo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[x] Both
Patches welcome :)
Patch below, for both the ab.xml file which the build seems to
translate also into the ab.8 man page, and for ab.c itself. As such, I
expect not everyone here can commit it. The patch doesn't include any
of the build products like ab.8 or ab.html.en.
Index: docs/manual/programs/ab.xml
===================================================================
--- docs/manual/programs/ab.xml (revision 539580)
+++ docs/manual/programs/ab.xml (working copy)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
non-representative benchmarking results.</dd>
<dt><code>-p <var>POST-file</var></code></dt>
- <dd>File containing data to POST.</dd>
+ <dd>File containing data to POST. Remember to also set
<code>-T</code>.</dd>
<dt><code>-P <var>proxy-auth-username</var>:<var>password</var></code></dt>
<dd>Supply BASIC Authentication credentials to a proxy en-route. The
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@
fixed total amount of time. Per default there is no timelimit.</dd>
<dt><code>-T <var>content-type</var></code></dt>
- <dd>Content-type header to use for POST data.</dd>
+ <dd>Content-type header to use for POST data, eg.
+ <code>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code>.
+ Default: <code>text/plain</code>.</dd>
<dt><code>-v <var>verbosity</var></code></dt>
<dd>Set verbosity level - <code>4</code> and above prints information on
Index: support/ab.c
===================================================================
--- support/ab.c (revision 539580)
+++ support/ab.c (working copy)
@@ -1778,8 +1778,10 @@
fprintf(stderr, " -n requests Number of requests to perform\n");
fprintf(stderr, " -c concurrency Number of multiple requests
to make\n");
fprintf(stderr, " -t timelimit Seconds to max. wait for
responses\n");
- fprintf(stderr, " -p postfile File containing data to POST\n");
- fprintf(stderr, " -T content-type Content-type header for POSTing\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, " -p postfile File containing data to
POST. Remember also to set -T\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, " -T content-type Content-type header for
POSTing, eg.\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "
'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, " Default is 'text/plain'\n");
fprintf(stderr, " -v verbosity How much troubleshooting
info to print\n");
fprintf(stderr, " -w Print out results in HTML tables\n");
fprintf(stderr, " -i Use HEAD instead of GET\n");
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noodl
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