| Long: ftp-method |
| Arg: <method> |
| Help: Control CWD usage |
| Protocols: FTP |
| Added: 7.15.1 |
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| Control what method curl should use to reach a file on an FTP(S) |
| server. The method argument should be one of the following alternatives: |
| .RS |
| .IP multicwd |
| curl does a single CWD operation for each path part in the given URL. For deep |
| hierarchies this means very many commands. This is how RFC 1738 says it should |
| be done. This is the default but the slowest behavior. |
| .IP nocwd |
| curl does no CWD at all. curl will do SIZE, RETR, STOR etc and give a full |
| path to the server for all these commands. This is the fastest behavior. |
| .IP singlecwd |
| curl does one CWD with the full target directory and then operates on the file |
| \&"normally" (like in the multicwd case). This is somewhat more standards |
| compliant than 'nocwd' but without the full penalty of 'multicwd'. |
| .RE |