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.TH CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS 3 "2026-06-24" libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS \- permissions for remotely created files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS,
                          long mode);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as a parameter, containing the value of the permissions that are
set on newly created files on the remote server. The default value is \fI0644\fP.
The only protocols that can use this are \fIsftp://\fP, \fIscp://\fP, and \fIfile://\fP.
.SH DEFAULT
0644
.SH PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects file, scp and sftp
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://upload.example.com/file.txt");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS, 0664L);
    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.16.4
.SH RETURN VALUE
\fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non\-zero means an error occurred, see
\fIlibcurl\-errors(3)\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLOPT_NEW_DIRECTORY_PERMS (3),
.BR CURLOPT_UPLOAD (3)