CURLOPT_FILETIME explained
Name
CURLOPT_FILETIME - get the modification time of the remote resource
Synopsis
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FILETIME, long gettime);
Description
Pass a long. If it is 1, libcurl will attempt to get the modification time of the remote document in this operation. This requires that the remote server sends the time or replies to a time querying command. The curl_easy_getinfo function with the CURLINFO_FILETIME argument can be used after a transfer to extract the received time (if any).
Default
Protocols
HTTP(S), FTP(S), SFTP, FILE, SMB(S)
Example
curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url); /* Ask for filetime */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FILETIME, 1L); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); if(CURLE_OK == res) { res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_FILETIME, &filetime); if((CURLE_OK == res) && (filetime >= 0)) { time_t file_time = (time_t)filetime; printf("filetime %s: %s", filename, ctime(&file_time)); } } /* always cleanup */ curl_easy_cleanup(curl); }
Availability
Return value
Returns CURLE_OK
See also
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