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CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE(3)	   Library Functions Manual	 CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE - filename to	read .netrc info from

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode	curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE, char	*file);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass  a char pointer as parameter, pointing to a	null-terminated	string
       containing the full path	name to	the file you want libcurl  to  use  as
       .netrc  file.  If  this option is omitted, and CURLOPT_NETRC(3) is set,
       libcurl checks for a .netrc file	in the current user's home directory.

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

       Using this option multiple times	makes the last set string override the
       previous	ones. Set it to	NULL to	disable	its use	again.

DEFAULT
       NULL

PROTOCOLS
       This functionality affects all supported	protocols

EXAMPLE
       int main(void)
       {
	 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
	 if(curl) {
	   CURLcode ret;
	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/");
	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE, "/tmp/magic-netrc");
	   ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
	 }
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in	curl 7.11.0

RETURN VALUE
       curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

       CURLE_OK	(0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred,
       see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_NETRC(3), CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3)

libcurl				  2025-06-03		 CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE(3)

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