CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, long filesize);
For uploading using SCP, this option or CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE(3) is mandatory.
To unset this value again, set it to -1.
When sending emails using SMTP, this command can be used to specify the optional SIZE parameter for the MAIL FROM command.
This option does not limit how much data libcurl will actually send, as that is controlled entirely by what the read callback returns, but telling one value and sending a different amount may lead to errors.
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { long uploadsize = FILE_SIZE; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/destination.tar.gz"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, uploadsize); curl_easy_perform(curl); }