CURLOPT_FTPPORT(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_FTPPORT(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_FTPPORT - make FTP transfer active
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FTPPORT, char *spec);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It specifies
that the FTP transfer should be made actively and the given string is
used to get the IP address to use for the FTP PORT instruction.
The PORT instruction tells the remote server to do a TCP connect to our
specified IP address. The string may be a plain IP address, a hostname,
a network interface name (under Unix) or just a '-' symbol to let the
library use your system's default IP address. Default FTP operations are
passive, and does not use the PORT command.
The address can be followed by a ':' to specify a port, optionally fol-
lowed by a '-' to specify a port range. If the port specified is 0, the
operating system picks a free port. If a range is provided and all ports
in the range are not available, libcurl reports CURLE_FTP_PORT_FAILED
for the handle. Invalid port/range settings are ignored. IPv6 addresses
followed by a port or port range have to be in brackets. IPv6 addresses
without port/range specifier can be in brackets.
Examples with specified ports:
eth0:0
192.168.1.2:32000-33000
curl.se:32123
[::1]:1234-4567
We strongly advise against specifying the address with a name, as it
causes libcurl to do a blocking name resolve call to retrieve the IP ad-
dress. That name resolve operation does not use DNS-over-HTTPS even if
CURLOPT_DOH_URL(3) is set.
Using anything else than "-" for this option should typically only be
done if you have special knowledge and confirmation that it works.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
this option.
Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override the
previous ones. You disable PORT again and go back to using the passive
version by setting this option to NULL.
DEFAULT
NULL
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");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTPPORT, "-");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.1
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)
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