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FEATURES
Misc
- full URL syntax
- custom maximum download time
- custom least download speed acceptable
- custom output result after completion
- multiple URLs
- guesses protocol from host name unless specified
- uses .netrc
- progress bar/time specs while downloading
- "standard" proxy environment variables support
- config file support
- compiles on win32 (reported built on 29 operating systems)
- redirectable stderr
- use selected network interface for outgoing traffic
- IPv6 support
- persistant connections
HTTP
- HTTP/1.1 compliant
- GET
- PUT
- HEAD
- POST
- multipart POST
- authentication
- resume (both GET and PUT)
- follow redirects
- maximum amount of redirects to follow
- custom HTTP request
- cookie get/send fully parsed
- understands the netscape cookie file format
- custom headers (that can replace/remove internally generated headers)
- custom user-agent string
- custom referer string
- range
- proxy authentication
- time conditions
- via http-proxy
- retrieve file modification date
HTTPS (*1)
- (all the HTTP features)
- using certificates
- verify server certificate
- via http-proxy
FTP
- download
- authentication
- kerberos security
- active/passive using PORT, EPRT, PASV or EPSV
- single file size information (compare to HTTP HEAD)
- 'type=' URL support
- dir listing
- dir listing names-only
- upload
- upload append
- upload via http-proxy as HTTP PUT
- download resume
- upload resume
- custom ftp commands (before and/or after the transfer)
- simple "range" support
- via http-proxy
- all operations can be tunneled through a http-proxy
- customizable to retrieve file modification date
TELNET
- connection negotiation
- custom telnet options
- stdin/stdout I/O
LDAP (*2)
- full LDAP URL support
DICT
- extended DICT URL support
GOPHER
- GET
- via http-proxy
FILE
- URL support
*1 = requires OpenSSL
*2 = requires OpenLDAP