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 ret;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://upload.example.com/file.txt");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS, 0664L);
           ret = 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                           2025-06-04         CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS(3)