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.TH CURLOPT_NEW_DIRECTORY_PERMS 3 "November 04, 2020" "libcurl 7.74.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"

.SH NAME
CURLOPT_NEW_DIRECTORY_PERMS \- permissions for remotely created directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NEW_DIRECTORY_PERMS,
                          long mode);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as a parameter, containing the value of the permissions that will
be assigned to newly created directories on the remote server.  The default value is
\fI0755\fP, but any valid value can be used.  The only protocols that can use
this are \fIsftp://\fP, \fIscp://\fP, and \fIfile://\fP.
.SH DEFAULT
0755
.SH PROTOCOLS
SFTP, SCP and FILE
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode ret;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://upload.example.com/newdir/file.zip");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_CREATE_MISSING_DIRS, 1L);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NEW_DIRECTORY_PERMS, 0644L);
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.16.4
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS "(3), " CURLOPT_UPLOAD "(3), "