CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS(3)      curl_easy_setopt options      CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS - do not handle dot dot sequences

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS, long
       leaveit);

DESCRIPTION
       Set the long leaveit to 1, to explicitly tell libcurl to not alter the
       given path before passing it on to the server.

       This instructs libcurl to NOT squash sequences of "/../" or "/./" that
       may exist in the URL's path part and that is supposed to be removed
       according to RFC 3986 section 5.2.4.

       Some server implementations are known to (erroneously) require the dot
       dot sequences to remain in the path and some clients want to pass these
       on in order to try out server implementations.

       By default libcurl will merge such sequences before using the path.

DEFAULT
       0

PROTOCOLS
       All

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/../../etc/password");

         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS, 1L);

         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.42.0

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

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_STDERR(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3),  CURLOPT_URL(3),

libcurl 7.77.0                 November 4, 2020          CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS(3)