NAME

       CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET - use PRET for FTP

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET, long enable);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a long. If the value is 1, it tells curl to send a PRET command before PASV (and EPSV). Certain FTP
       servers, mainly drftpd, require this non-standard command for  directory  listings  as  well  as  up  and
       downloads in PASV mode. Has no effect when using the active FTP transfers mode.

DEFAULT

       0

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects ftp only

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode res;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL,
                            "ftp://example.com/old-server/file.txt");

           /* a drftpd server, do it */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET, 1L);

           res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.20.0

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_FTP_USE_EPRT(3), CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPSV(3)

libcurl                                            2025-06-16                            CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET(3)