commit: d10d0e3cf8c38fba27d873fd3cb60572327fe5dc
parent 941ea38ef535ec2923c224a88cdedeae3eb42a68
Author: Yen Chi Hsuan <yan12125@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 14:58:07 +0800
[README.md] Add an example for how to use .netrc on Windows
That's a Python bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue28334
Most likely it will be fixed in Python 3.7: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/123
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -474,7 +474,10 @@ machine twitch login my_twitch_account_name password my_twitch_password
```
To activate authentication with the `.netrc` file you should pass `--netrc` to youtube-dl or place it in the [configuration file](#configuration).
-On Windows you may also need to setup the `%HOME%` environment variable manually.
+On Windows you may also need to setup the `%HOME%` environment variable manually. For example:
+```
+set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
+```
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