GNURLOPT_FILETIME(3)

💅 GNURLOPT_FILETIME(3) — the group-chat guide

okay so bestie, this one is from the curl_easy_setopt options family (the gnurl flavor, specifically) and it's lowkey one of the cutest little flags ever. it's giving "can u pls tell me when this file was last touched" energy. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

CURLOPT_FILETIME — get the modification time of the remote resource 🕰️

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <gnurl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FILETIME, long gettime);

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so you pass a long in here, right? if it's 1, libcurl will attempt to get the modification time of the remote document in this operation. attempt is the key word bestie — this requires that the remote server actually sends the time, or replies to a time querying command. no cap, the server has to cooperate. 🙈

then, after the transfer, you can call curl_easy_getinfo(3) with the CURLINFO_FILETIME(3) argument to extract the received time (if any). the "(if any)" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, just saying. 💀

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💜 DEFAULT 💜

0

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🌈 PROTOCOLS 🌈

HTTP, FTP, SFTP, FILE

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
  /* Ask for filetime */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FILETIME, 1L);
  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  if(CURLE_OK == res) {
    res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_FILETIME, &filetime);
    if((CURLE_OK == res) && (filetime >= 0)) {
      time_t file_time = (time_t)filetime;
      printf("filetime %s: %s", filename, ctime(&file_time));
    }
  }
  /* always cleanup */
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

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🧚 AVAILABILITY 🧚

always, babes — and for SFTP since 7.49.0 ⭐

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

returns CURLE_OK 💖

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• curl_easy_getinfo(3)

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and that's the whole vibe! 🍓 no drama, no surprises, just a lil time query slay. this page came to you courtesy of libcurl 7.37.0, dated 17 Jun 2014 — like, a vintage. iconic behavior honestly. mwah 💅✨