CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS(3)

CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS(3)curl_easy_setopt optionCURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS(3)

NAME

     CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS - do not handle dot dot sequences

SYNOPSIS

     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle,  CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS,
     long leaveit);

DESCRIPTION

     Set the long leaveit to 1, to explicitly tell libcurl to not
     alter the given path before passing it on to the server.

     This instructs libcurl to NOT squash sequences of "/../"  or
     "/./" that may exist in the URL's path part and that is sup-
     posed to be removed according to RFC 3986 section 5.2.4.

     Some  server  implementations  are  known  to  (erroneously)
     require the dot dot sequences to remain in the path and some
     clients want to pass these on in order  to  try  out  server
     implementations.

     By default libcurl will merge such  sequences  before  using
     the path.

DEFAULT

     0

PROTOCOLS

     All

EXAMPLE

     CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
     if(curl) {
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/../../etc/password");

       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS, 1L);

       curl_easy_perform(curl);
     }

AVAILABILITY

     Aded in 7.42.0

RETURN VALUE

     Returns  CURLE_OK  if   the   option   is   supported,   and
     CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

     CURLOPT_STDERR(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_URL(3),

libcurl 7.58.0   Last change: February 14, 2016                 1