CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH(3) Library Functions Manual
NAME
CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH - entry path in FTP server
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH, char **path);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive a pointer to a string
holding the path of the entry path. That is the initial path libcurl
ended up in when logging on to the remote FTP or SFTP server. This
stores a NULL as pointer if something is wrong.
The path pointer is NULL or points to private memory. You must not free
it. The memory gets freed automatically when you call
curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the corresponding curl handle.
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects ftp and sftp
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com");
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(result == CURLE_OK) {
/* extract the entry path */
char *ep = NULL;
result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH, &ep);
if(!result && ep) {
printf("Entry path was: %s\n", ep);
}
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
HISTORY
Works for SFTP since 7.21.4
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.15.4
RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_getinfo(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
curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)
libcurl 2026-03-23 CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH(3)
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