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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
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SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
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Long: ftp-method
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Arg: <method>
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Help: Control CWD usage
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Protocols: FTP
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Added: 7.15.1
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Category: ftp
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Multi: single
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See-also:
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- list-only
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Example:
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- --ftp-method multicwd ftp://example.com/dir1/dir2/file
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- --ftp-method nocwd ftp://example.com/dir1/dir2/file
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- --ftp-method singlecwd ftp://example.com/dir1/dir2/file
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---
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# `--ftp-method`
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Control what method curl should use to reach a file on an FTP(S)
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server. The method argument should be one of the following alternatives:
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## multicwd
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curl does a single CWD operation for each path part in the given URL. For deep
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hierarchies this means many commands. This is how RFC 1738 says it should
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be done. This is the default but the slowest behavior.
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## nocwd
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curl does no CWD at all. curl does SIZE, RETR, STOR etc and give a full
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path to the server for all these commands. This is the fastest behavior.
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## singlecwd
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curl does one CWD with the full target directory and then operates on the file
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"normally" (like in the multicwd case). This is somewhat more standards
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compliant than 'nocwd' but without the full penalty of 'multicwd'.
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