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.TH CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH 3 "June 19, 2017" "libcurl 1.2.3" "curl_easy_setopt options"

.SH NAME
CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH \- strip the leading slash from the path
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH, value);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long set to 1 to tell libcurl to strip out the leading slash from the
path when used on the server.
.SH DEFAULT
0 - use the leading slash.
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/*");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "OPTIONS");

  /* issue an OPTIONS * request (no leading slash) */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH, 1L);

  /* Perform the request */
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.55.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST "(3), " CURLOPT_HTTPGET "(3), "