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.TH CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION 3 "2026-06-24" libcurl
.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
This functionality affects 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://example.com");

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

    /* Perform the request */
    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.56.0
.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_ACCEPT_ENCODING (3),
.BR CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING (3)