CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT

Section: curl_easy_setopt options (3)
Updated: November 04, 2020
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NAME

CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT - set account info for FTP

SYNOPSIS

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, char *account);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string (or NULL to disable). When an FTP server asks for "account data" after user name and password has been provided, this data is sent off using the ACCT command.

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.

DEFAULT

NULL

PROTOCOLS

FTP

EXAMPLE

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

  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, "human-resources");

  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);

  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.13.0

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.