CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT(3)

💅 CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT(3) 💅

from the Library Functions Manual, bestie — this is the account info for FTP page and we’re gonna make it make sense ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT — account info for FTP 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, char *account);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so literally pass a pointer to a null-terminated string — or NULL to disable it 💅. When an FTP server asks for “account data” after username and password have been provided, this data gets sent off using the ACCT command 🔥.

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option 🫶.

Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override the previous ones, no cap. Set it to NULL to disable its use again 🙈.

💖 DEFAULT 💖

NULL — iconic empty vibes ⭐

🦋 PROTOCOLS 🦋

This functionality affects ftp only 💜

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/foo.bin");

    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, "human-resources");

    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

Added in curl 7.13.0 — vintage but still iconic 👑

💀 RETURN VALUE 💀

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error 😌.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3) 🚨.

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)
• CURLOPT_USERNAME(3)

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xoxo, this page is from libcurl, dated 2026-10-12, and it’s literally CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT(3) — you ate that, bestie 💅✨🫶