On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Rolf Jakob wrote:

> I would like to use a URL like : ftp://user@host/directory/subdir/*.csv to
> get the listing of the /directory/subdir/ with all files matching the *.csv
> pattern. curl lists the whole subdir ignoring the pattern.

Right, that is not a URL curl will do anything with.

> Is there any way to get this without patching curl ?

Actually there is, but I'm not sure you like it:

Set CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST to 'LIST *.csv' and use the URL as
"ftp://user@host/directory/subdir/".

This will of course give you the server's idea of what a server listing should
look like. That is entirely server-specific (even though many look similar).

> Background : Currently I use the libftp, but I would like to try libcurl as
> most functions in libftp won't time out and you cannot break them with a
> SIGALRM.

libcurl is not offering access to everything you can do with ftp, but for
simple transfers it should be adequate.

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