CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET - Man Page

use PRET for FTP

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

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

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

Protocols

This functionality affects ftp only

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);
  }
}