SSLCERTS.md: Fix example code for setting CA cert file
Prior to this change the documentation erroneously said use
CURLOPT_CAPATH to set a CA cert file.
Bug: https://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2020-03/0121.html
Reported-by: Timothe Litt
Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/5151
diff --git a/docs/SSLCERTS.md b/docs/SSLCERTS.md
index 2c5be68..fcbc464 100644
--- a/docs/SSLCERTS.md
+++ b/docs/SSLCERTS.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
2. Get a CA certificate that can verify the remote server and use the proper
option to point out this CA cert for verification when connecting. For
- libcurl hackers: `curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAPATH, capath);`
+ libcurl hackers: `curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, cacert);`
With the curl command line tool: --cacert [file]
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
the security is no better than the way you obtained the certificate.
4. If you're using the curl command line tool, you can specify your own CA
- cert path by setting the environment variable `CURL_CA_BUNDLE` to the path
+ cert file by setting the environment variable `CURL_CA_BUNDLE` to the path
of your choice.
If you're using the curl command line tool on Windows, curl will search
