CURLOPT_QUOTE(3)           curl_easy_setopt options           CURLOPT_QUOTE(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_QUOTE - (S)FTP commands to run before transfer

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_QUOTE, struct
       curl_slist *cmds);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a pointer to a linked list of FTP or SFTP commands to pass to the
       server prior to your request. This will be done before any other
       commands are issued (even before the CWD command for FTP). The linked
       list should be a fully valid list of 'struct curl_slist' structs
       properly filled in with text strings. Use _slist_append&section=3">curl_slist_append(3) to
       append strings (commands) to the list, and clear the entire list
       afterwards with _slist_free_all&section=3">curl_slist_free_all(3).

       Disable this operation again by setting a NULL to this option.

       When speaking to an FTP server, prefix the command with an asterisk (*)
       to make libcurl continue even if the command fails as by default
       libcurl will stop at first failure.

       The set of valid FTP commands depends on the server (see RFC959 for a
       list of mandatory commands).

       libcurl does not inspect, parse or "understand" the commands passed to
       the server using this option. If you change connection state, working
       directory or similar using quote commands, libcurl will not know about
       it.

       The valid SFTP commands are:

              atime date file
                     The atime command sets the last access time of the file
                     named by the file operand. The <date expression> can be
                     all sorts of date strings, see the _getdate&section=3">curl_getdate(3) man
                     page for date expression details. (Added in 7.73.0)

              chgrp group file
                     The chgrp command sets the group ID of the file named by
                     the file operand to the group ID specified by the group
                     operand. The group operand is a decimal integer group ID.

              chmod mode file
                     The chmod command modifies the file mode bits of the
                     specified file. The mode operand is an octal integer mode
                     number.

              chown user file
                     The chown command sets the owner of the file named by the
                     file operand to the user ID specified by the user
                     operand. The user operand is a decimal integer user ID.

              ln source_file target_file
                     The ln and symlink commands create a symbolic link at the
                     target_file location pointing to the source_file
                     location.

              mkdir directory_name
                     The mkdir command creates the directory named by the
                     directory_name operand.

              mtime date file
                     The mtime command sets the last modification time of the
                     file named by the file operand. The <date expression> can
                     be all sorts of date strings, see the _getdate&section=3">curl_getdate(3) man
                     page for date expression details. (Added in 7.73.0)

              pwd    The pwd command returns the absolute pathname of the
                     current working directory.

              rename source target
                     The rename command renames the file or directory named by
                     the source operand to the destination path named by the
                     target operand.

              rm file
                     The rm command removes the file specified by the file
                     operand.

              rmdir directory
                     The rmdir command removes the directory entry specified
                     by the directory operand, provided it is empty.

              statvfs file
                     The statvfs command returns statistics on the file system
                     in which specified file resides. (Added in 7.49.0)

              symlink source_file target_file
                     See ln.

DEFAULT
       NULL

PROTOCOLS
       SFTP and FTP

EXAMPLE
       struct curl_slist *cmdlist = NULL;
       cmdlist = curl_slist_append(cmdlist, "RNFR source-name");
       cmdlist = curl_slist_append(cmdlist, "RNTO new-name");

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

         /* pass in the FTP commands to run before the transfer */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_QUOTE, cmdlist);

         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);

         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       SFTP support added in 7.16.3. *-prefix for SFTP added in 7.24.0

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_POSTQUOTE(3), CURLOPT_PREQUOTE(3),

libcurl 7.77.0                 February 8, 2021               CURLOPT_QUOTE(3)