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
       All

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
       Along with FTP

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK if FTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_CRLF(3)

libcurl                          April 26 2024         CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT(3)