NAME

CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION - callback before a transfer with FTP wildcardmatch

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>
long chunk_bgn_callback(const void *transfer_info, void *ptr,


                        int remains);
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION,


                          chunk_bgn_callback);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the prototype shown above.

This callback function gets called by libcurl before a part of the stream is going to be transferred (if the transfer supports chunks).

The transfer_info pointer will point to a struct curl_fileinfo with details about the file that is about to get transferred.

This callback makes sense only when using the CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH(3) option for now.

The target of transfer_info parameter is a "feature depended" structure. For the FTP wildcard download, the target is curl_fileinfo structure (see curl/curl.h). The parameter ptr is a pointer given by CURLOPT_CHUNK_DATA(3). The parameter remains contains number of chunks remaining per the transfer. If the feature is not available, the parameter has zero value.

Return CURL_CHUNK_BGN_FUNC_OK if everything is fine, CURL_CHUNK_BGN_FUNC_SKIP if you want to skip the concrete chunk or CURL_CHUNK_BGN_FUNC_FAIL to tell libcurl to stop if some error occurred.

DEFAULT

NULL

PROTOCOLS

FTP

EXAMPLE

static long file_is_coming(struct curl_fileinfo *finfo,


                           struct callback_data *data,


                           int remains)
{


  printf("%3d %40s %10luB ", remains, finfo->filename,


         (unsigned long)finfo->size);


  switch(finfo->filetype) {


  case CURLFILETYPE_DIRECTORY:


    printf(" DIR\n");


    break;


  case CURLFILETYPE_FILE:


    printf("FILE ");


    break;


  default:


    printf("OTHER\n");


    break;


  }


  if(finfo->filetype == CURLFILETYPE_FILE) {


    /* do not transfer files >= 50B */


    if(finfo->size > 50) {


      printf("SKIPPED\n");


      return CURL_CHUNK_BGN_FUNC_SKIP;


    }


    data->output = fopen(finfo->filename, "wb");


    if(!data->output) {


      return CURL_CHUNK_BGN_FUNC_FAIL;


    }


  }


  return CURL_CHUNK_BGN_FUNC_OK;
}
int main()
{


  /* data for callback */


  struct callback_data callback_info;


  /* callback is called before download of concrete file started */


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION, file_is_coming);


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CHUNK_DATA, &callback_info);
}

AVAILABILITY

This was added in 7.21.0

RETURN VALUE

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