CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH(3) Introduction to Library Functions

NAME

CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH - entry path in FTP server

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH, char **path);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive a pointer to a string
holding the path of the entry path. That is the initial path libcurl
ended up in when logging on to the remote FTP or SFTP server. This
stores a NULL as pointer if something is wrong.

The path pointer is NULL or points to private memory. You must not
free it. The memory gets freed automatically when you call
curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the corresponding curl handle.

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects ftp and sftp

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com");

result = curl_easy_perform(curl);

if(!result) {
/* extract the entry path */
char *ep = NULL;
result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH, &ep);
if(!result && ep) {
printf("Entry path was: %s\n", ep);
}
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}

HISTORY

Works for SFTP since 7.21.4

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.15.4

RETURN VALUE

curl_easy_getinfo(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

curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)

libcurl 2026-01-08 CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH(3)