curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE.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: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_NETRC (3)
- CURLOPT_PASSWORD (3)
- CURLOPT_USERNAME (3)
Protocol:
- All
Added-in: 7.11.0
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE - filename to read .netrc info from
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE, char *file);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a char pointer as parameter, pointing to a null-terminated string
containing the full path name to the *file* you want libcurl to use as .netrc
file. If this option is omitted, and CURLOPT_NETRC(3) is set, libcurl checks
for a .netrc file in the current user's home directory.
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. Set it to NULL to disable its use again.
# DEFAULT
NULL
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode ret;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE, "/tmp/magic-netrc");
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
~~~
# HISTORY
**CURL_NETRC_*** enums became `long` types in 8.13.0, 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).