curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_APPEND.3

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.TH CURLOPT_APPEND 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_APPEND \- enable appending to the remote file
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_APPEND, long append);
.SH DESCRIPTION
A long parameter set to 1 tells the library to append to the remote file
instead of overwrite it. This is only useful when uploading to an FTP site.
.SH DEFAULT
0 (disabled)
.SH PROTOCOLS
FTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {

  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/dir/to/newfile");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_APPEND, 1L);

  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
This option was known as CURLOPT_FTPAPPEND up to 7.16.4
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_DIRLISTONLY "(3), " CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM "(3), "
.BR CURLOPT_UPLOAD "(3), "