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authorJames Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>2007-06-13 15:02:34 +0000
committerJames Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>2007-06-13 15:02:34 +0000
commit17798ed740db1874e94faa1a9c7d80dfa4e1b68c (patch)
tree87baa9c20009000732aa12d12f4cd6e45fb7888a
parent05ba9f9fcdafb1cc6bf30f97b3ca41a127cef4b4 (diff)
Update documentation to reflect SFTP's ability to create directories on
upload. Some text provieded by Tom Regner
-rw-r--r--docs/curl.15
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.35
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index fbe8155d1..629f99dc7 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ local directory hierarchy as needed. This option creates the dirs mentioned
with the -o option, nothing else. If the -o file name uses no dir or if the
dirs it mentions already exist, no dir will be created.
-To create remote directories when using FTP, try \fI--ftp-create-dirs\fP.
+To create remote directories when using FTP or SFTP, try
+\fI--ftp-create-dirs\fP.
.IP "--crlf"
(FTP) Convert LF to CRLF in upload. Useful for MVS (OS/390).
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ has been provided, this data is sent off using the ACCT command. (Added in
If this option is used twice, the second will override the previous use.
.IP "--ftp-create-dirs"
-(FTP) When an FTP URL/operation uses a path that doesn't currently exist on
+(FTP) When an FTP or SFTP URL/operation uses a path that doesn't currently exist on
the server, the standard behavior of curl is to fail. Using this option, curl
will instead attempt to create missing directories.
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
index a31499958..72b4cdbdd 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3
@@ -890,6 +890,11 @@ If the server is an IPv6 host, this option will have no effect as of 7.12.3.
Pass a long. If the value is non-zero, curl will attempt to create any remote
directory that it fails to CWD into. CWD is the command that changes working
directory. (Added in 7.10.7)
+
+This setting also applies to SFTP-connections. curl will attempt to create
+the remote directory if it can't obtain a handle to the target-location. The
+creation will fail if a file of the same name as the directory to create
+already exists or lack of permissions prevents creation. (Added in 7.16.3)
.IP CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT
Pass a long. Causes curl to set a timeout period (in seconds) on the amount
of time that the server is allowed to take in order to generate a response