CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT - request a text based transfer for FTP
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT, long text);
DESCRIPTION
A parameter set to 1 tells the library to use ASCII mode for FTP
transfers, instead of the default binary transfer. For Win32 systems it
does not set the stdout to binary mode. This option can be usable when
transferring text data between systems with different views on certain
characters, such as newlines or similar.
libcurl does not do a complete ASCII conversion when doing ASCII
transfers over FTP. This is a known limitation/flaw that nobody has
rectified. libcurl simply sets the mode to ASCII and performs a
standard transfer.
DEFAULT
0, disabled
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/textfile");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT, 1L);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.1.1
RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred,
see libcurl-errors(3).
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_CRLF(3)
libcurl 2025-02-08 CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT(3)
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