---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
Protocol:
  - FTP
See-also:
  - CURLOPT_PASSWORD (3)
  - CURLOPT_USERNAME (3)
Added-in: 7.13.0
---

# NAME

CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT - account info for FTP

# SYNOPSIS

~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, char *account);
~~~

# DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string (or NULL to disable). When an FTP
server asks for "account data" after username and password has been provided,
this data is sent off using the ACCT command.

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%

# EXAMPLE

~~~c
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/foo.bin");

    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, "human-resources");

    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
~~~

# %AVAILABILITY%

# 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).