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1*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker---
2*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerc: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <[email protected]>, et al.
3*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSPDX-License-Identifier: curl
4*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerLong: fail
5*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerShort: f
6*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerProtocols: HTTP
7*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerHelp: Fail fast with no output on HTTP errors
8*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerCategory: important http
9*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMutexed: fail-with-body
10*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerAdded: 4.0
11*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMulti: boolean
12*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSee-also:
13*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  - fail-with-body
14*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  - fail-early
15*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerExample:
16*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  - --fail $URL
17*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker---
18*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
19*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker# `--fail`
20*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
21*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerFail with error code 22 and with no response body output at all for HTTP
22*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workertransfers returning HTTP response codes at 400 or greater.
23*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
24*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerIn normal cases when an HTTP server fails to deliver a document, it returns a
25*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerbody of text stating so (which often also describes why and more) and a 4xx
26*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerHTTP response code. This command line option prevents curl from outputting
27*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerthat data and instead returns error 22 early. By default, curl does not
28*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerconsider HTTP response codes to indicate failure.
29*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
30*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerTo get both the error code and also save the content, use --fail-with-body
31*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerinstead.
32*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
33*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThis method is not fail-safe and there are occasions where non-successful
34*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerresponse codes slip through, especially when authentication is involved
35*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker(response codes 401 and 407).
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