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CURLOPT_FNMATCH_DATA explained

Name

CURLOPT_FNMATCH_DATA - pointer passed to the fnmatch callback

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>
 
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FNMATCH_DATA,
                          void *pointer);

Description

Pass a pointer that will be untouched by libcurl and passed as the ptr argument to the CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION.

Default

NULL

Protocols

FTP

Example

static int my_fnmatch(void *clientp,
                      const char *pattern, const char *string)
{
  struct local_stuff *data = (struct local_stuff *)clientp;
  if(string_match(pattern, string))
    return CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_MATCH;
  else
    return CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_NOMATCH;
}
 
{
  struct local_stuff local_data;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://ftp.example.com/file*");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH, 1L);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION, my_fnmatch);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FNMATCH_DATA, &local_data);
}

Availability

Added in 7.21.0

Return value

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.