curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET.md

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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Title: CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET Section: 3 Source: libcurl See-also:

• CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPRT (3)
• CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPSV (3) Protocol:
• FTP Added-in: 7.20.0 ---

NAME

CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET - use PRET for FTP

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET, long enable);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long. If the value is 1, it tells curl to send a PRET command before PASV (and EPSV). Certain FTP servers, mainly drftpd, require this non-standard command for directory listings as well as up and downloads in PASV mode. Has no effect when using the active FTP transfers mode.

DEFAULT

0

%PROTOCOLS%

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL,
                     "ftp://example.com/old-server/file.txt");

    /* a drftpd server, do it */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET, 1L);

    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

%AVAILABILITY%

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.