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.TH CURLOPT_QUOTE 3 "2024-11-07" libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_QUOTE \- (S)FTP commands to run before transfer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_QUOTE,
                          struct curl_slist *cmds);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a linked list of FTP or SFTP commands to pass to the server
prior to your request. This is done before any other commands are issued (even
before the CWD command for FTP). The linked list should be a fully valid list
of \(aqstruct curl_slist\(aq structs properly filled in with text strings. Use
\fIcurl_slist_append(3)\fP to append strings (commands) to the list, and clear
the entire list afterwards with \fIcurl_slist_free_all(3)\fP.

Using this option multiple times makes the last set list override the previous
ones. Set it to NULL to disable its use again. libcurl does not copy the list,
it needs to be kept around until after the transfer has completed.

When speaking to an FTP server, prefix the command with an asterisk (*) to
make libcurl continue even if the command fails as by default libcurl stops at
first failure.

The set of valid FTP commands depends on the server (see RFC 959 for a list of
mandatory commands).

libcurl does not inspect, parse or "understand" the commands passed to the
server using this option. If you change connection state, working directory or
similar using quote commands, libcurl does not know about it.

The path arguments for FTP or SFTP can use single or double quotes to
distinguish a space from being the parameter separator or being a part of the
path. e.g. rename with sftp using a quote command like this:

.nf
"rename 'test/_upload.txt' 'test/Hello World.txt'"
.fi
.SH SFTP commands
.IP "atime date file"
The atime command sets the last access time of the file named by the file
operand. The date expression can be all sorts of date strings, see the
\fIcurl_getdate(3)\fP man page for date expression details. (Added in 7.73.0)
.IP "chgrp group file"
The chgrp command sets the group ID of the file named by the file operand to
the group ID specified by the group operand. The group operand is a decimal
integer group ID.
.IP "chmod mode file"
The chmod command modifies the file mode bits of the specified file. The
mode operand is an octal integer mode number.
.IP "chown user file"
The chown command sets the owner of the file named by the file operand to the
user ID specified by the user operand. The user operand is a decimal
integer user ID.
.IP "ln source_file target_file"
The \fBln\fP and \fBsymlink\fP commands create a symbolic link at the
target_file location pointing to the source_file location.
.IP "mkdir directory_name"
The mkdir command creates the directory named by the directory_name operand.
.IP "mtime date file"
The mtime command sets the last modification time of the file named by the
file operand. The date expression can be all sorts of date strings, see the
\fIcurl_getdate(3)\fP man page for date expression details. (Added in 7.73.0)
.IP pwd
The \fBpwd\fP command returns the absolute path of the current working
directory.
.IP "rename source target"
The rename command renames the file or directory named by the source
operand to the destination path named by the target operand.
.IP "rm file"
The rm command removes the file specified by the file operand.
.IP "rmdir directory"
The rmdir command removes the directory entry specified by the directory
operand, provided it is empty.
.IP "statvfs file"
The statvfs command returns statistics on the file system in which specified
file resides. (Added in 7.49.0)
.IP "symlink source_file target_file"
See ln.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL
.SH PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects ftp and sftp
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  struct curl_slist *cmdlist = NULL;
  cmdlist = curl_slist_append(cmdlist, "RNFR source-name");
  cmdlist = curl_slist_append(cmdlist, "RNTO new-name");

  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/foo.bin");

    /* pass in the FTP commands to run before the transfer */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_QUOTE, cmdlist);

    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }

  curl_slist_free_all(cmdlist);
}
.fi
.SH HISTORY
SFTP support added in 7.16.3. *\-prefix for SFTP added in 7.24.0
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.1
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST (3),
.BR CURLOPT_DIRLISTONLY (3),
.BR CURLOPT_POSTQUOTE (3),
.BR CURLOPT_PREQUOTE (3)