CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION - enable SSH compression

SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION, long enable);

DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter set to 1L to enable or 0L to disable.

Enables built-in SSH compression. This is a request, not an order; the server may or may not do it.

DEFAULT
0, disabled

PROTOCOLS
All SSH based protocols: SCP, SFTP

EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com");

  /* enable built-in compression */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION, 1L);

  /* Perform the request */
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.56.0

RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3), CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING(3),