What you want is probably curl_easy_getinfo, and pass it the
CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL option. It hands you back the effective url
after redirects have been followed, etc. It'll be a complete url, but
it's not too hard to hack off everything before the final /.

Ralph Mitchell

On 8/10/06, securehell_at_hushmail.com <securehell_at_hushmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi group,
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> I want to obtain the actual download filename when I use libcurl.
> Some links may just be the host (e.g. www.myhost.com), others may
> be a subdirectory (www.myhost.com/directory), still others may be
> the output of a script (e.g. www.myhost.com/script.php?file).
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> I want the actual filename that is downloaded whether it is
> "index.html" or "setup.exe" regardless of whether it is in the url
> or not.
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> Can libcurl return the filename to me in cases like these?
>
> Thanks,
>
> SH
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Received on 2006-08-10