I did this

I have set up %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\_netrc and %APPDATA%\_netrc for the server I want to connect, but it seems that neither is consulted:

curl.exe -nv _url_requiring_authentication_
* Couldn't find host _host_ in the _netrc file; using defaults
...
< HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

I expected the following

As %HOME% is not commonly set on Windows, I expected curl to consult also %APPDATA%. It is done for _curlrc, but not for _netrc. It would be good to resolve _netrc the same way. Currently it looks like no path is considered due to %HOME% not being set.

• curl/src/tool_parsecfg.c

  Line 59 in 3538026

  char *home = homedir(); /* portable homedir finder */

• curl/lib/netrc.c

  Line 80 in 697b1f9

  char *home = curl_getenv("HOME"); /* portable environment reader */

• curl/src/tool_homedir.c

  Line 63 in f762fec

  char *homedir(void)

The change would not impact non-Windows platforms and would not affect current behavior when %HOME% is set, since it's the first considered in homedir() function.

curl/libcurl version

> curl.exe -V
curl 7.55.1 (Windows) libcurl/7.55.1 WinSSL
Release-Date: [unreleased]
Protocols: dict file ftp ftps http https imap imaps pop3 pop3s smtp smtps telnet tftp
Features: AsynchDNS IPv6 Largefile SSPI Kerberos SPNEGO NTLM SSL

operating system

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.175]