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RE: CURLOPT_FTP_SSL

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:11:05 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Behnam Rashidian wrote:

> Thanks, but how can I decide which one to choose (FTPS or SFTP), my decision
> should be based on what factors?

Eh, that's your call. I figure it should involve what server(s) you want to
access and what kind client you want to write...

>> libcurl does not support SFTP (yet).
>
> I guess not until somebody attempts to implement it and integrate it with
> the current libcurl.

Exactly.

> There are libraries for SFTP such as libssh and libssh2 but unfortunately
> they lack documentation/examples/comments and they are not as easy to use as
> libcurl.

I agree. I have been evaluating SSH libs recently and unfortunately I haven't
found any really good one. I hope this situation will change, and I'm trying
to gently push them in a good direction! ;-)

> Libcurl makes it all so easy plus it has one of the best DOCS/Tutorials
> compare to the other packages that are out there

Thanks for these kind words!

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Received on 2006-10-05