CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS - permissions for remotely created files
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS,
long mode);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as a parameter, containing the value of the permissions
that are set on newly created files on the remote server. The default
value is 0644. The only protocols that can use this are sftp://,
scp://, and file://.
DEFAULT
0644
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects file, scp and sftp
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://upload.example.com/file.txt");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS, 0664L);
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.16.4
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_NEW_DIRECTORY_PERMS(3), CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3)
libcurl 2026-03-23 CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS(3)
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