Difference between --cacert and --capath in curl?

Question

When would one use the --cacert option vs. the --capath option within curl (CLI that is).

--cacert appears to refer

Answer 1

On Windows you can run the following as a batch file and pass in the capath folder name:

c_rehash.cmd:

@echo off
setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
if \%1\ EQU \\ goto :usage
pushd %1
if NOT ERRORLEVEL 0 goto :usage
del *.0
for %%I in (*.pem) do call :hash %%I
popd
goto :eof
:hash
for /F "usebackq" %%J in (`openssl x509 -in %1 -hash -noout`) do mklink %%J.0 %1
goto :eof
:usage
echo Usage:
echo.
echo Rehash a folder of x509 Certificates for Curl
echo.
echo %~n0 ^

Example:

c_rehash c:\cacerts