curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_FTPSSLAUTH.md
Viktor Szakats d01d2ec9f1
docs: add CURLOPT type change history, drop casts where present
Some CURLOPT constants defined in the curl public headers were initially
enums (= ints), or macros with bare numeric values. Recent curl releases
upgraded them to `long` constants, to make them pass correctly to
`curl_easy_setop()` by default, i.e. without requiring a `(long)` cast.

This patch drops such casts from the examples embedded in the docs. At
the same time it documents which curl release made them `long` types,
to keep them useful when working with previous libcurl versions.

Also:
- drop a `(long)` cast that was never necessary.
- CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL.md: bump local copy of macros to long.
- test1119: make it ignore symbols ending with an underscore, to skip
  wildcard, e.g. `**CURLAUTH_***`.

Closes #18130
2025-08-02 00:05:33 +02:00

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c SPDX-License-Identifier Title Section Source Protocol See-also Added-in
Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. curl CURLOPT_FTPSSLAUTH 3 libcurl
FTP
CURLOPT_FTP_SSL_CCC (3)
CURLOPT_USE_SSL (3)
7.12.2

NAME

CURLOPT_FTPSSLAUTH - order in which to attempt TLS vs SSL

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FTPSSLAUTH, long order);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long using one of the values from below, to alter how libcurl issues "AUTH TLS" or "AUTH SSL" when FTP over SSL is activated. This is only interesting if CURLOPT_USE_SSL(3) is also set.

Possible order values:

CURLFTPAUTH_DEFAULT

Allow libcurl to decide.

CURLFTPAUTH_SSL

Try "AUTH SSL" first, and only if that fails try "AUTH TLS".

CURLFTPAUTH_TLS

Try "AUTH TLS" first, and only if that fails try "AUTH SSL".

DEFAULT

CURLFTPAUTH_DEFAULT

%PROTOCOLS%

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/file.txt");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USE_SSL, CURLUSESSL_TRY);
    /* funny server, ask for SSL before TLS */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTPSSLAUTH, CURLFTPAUTH_SSL);
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

HISTORY

CURLFTPAUTH_* enums became long types in 8.16.0, prior to this version a long cast was necessary when passed to curl_easy_setopt(3).

%AVAILABILITY%

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).