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.TH CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION 3 "05 Aug 2017" "libcurl 7.56.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION \- enable SSH compression
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION, long enable);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter set to 1L to enable or 0L to disable.

Enables built-in SSH compression.  This is a request, not an order; the server
may or may not do it.
.SH DEFAULT
0, disabled
.SH PROTOCOLS
All SSH based protocols: SCP, SFTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com");

  /* enable built-in compression */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION, 1L);

  /* Perform the request */
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.56.0
.SH 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.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING "(3), " CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING "(3), "