NAME

       CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE - private key file for SSH auth

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE,
                                 char *filename);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a  char * pointing to a filename for your private key. If not used, libcurl defaults
       to $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa or $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa if the HOME environment  variable  is  set,  and
       just "id_rsa" or "id_dsa" in the current directory if HOME is not set.

       If the file is password-protected, set the password with CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD(3).

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

DEFAULT

       As explained above

PROTOCOLS

       SFTP and SCP

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode res;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com/file");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE,
                            "/home/clarkkent/.ssh/id_rsa");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD, "password");
           res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.16.1

RETURN VALUE

       Returns   CURLE_OK   if   the   option  is  supported,  CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION  if  not,  or
       CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_SSH_PUBLIC_KEYFILE(3), CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES(3)