NAME

       CURLOPT_CHUNK_DATA - custom pointer to the FTP chunk callbacks

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_CHUNK_DATA, void *pointer);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a  pointer  that  will be untouched by libcurl and passed as the ptr argument to the
       CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION(3) and CURLOPT_CHUNK_END_FUNCTION(3).

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

       Added in 7.21.0

RETURN VALUE

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

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH(3),