CURLOPT\_SSH\_COMPRESSION(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT\_SSH\_COMPRESSION(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

CURLOPT\_SSH\_COMPRESSION - enable SSH compression

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION, long enable);
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#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.

# [DEFAULT](#DEFAULT)

0, disabled

# [PROTOCOLS](#PROTOCOLS)

This functionality affects scp and sftp

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

```
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);


  }
}
```

# [AVAILABILITY](#AVAILABILITY)

Added in curl 7.56.0

# [RETURN VALUE](#RETURN_VALUE)

[*curl\_easy\_setopt(3)*](/man/os/curl/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)*](/man/os/curl/libcurl-errors.3).

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**CURLOPT\_ACCEPT\_ENCODING**(3)](/man/os/curl/CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING.3), [**CURLOPT\_TRANSFER\_ENCODING**(3)](/man/os/curl/CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING.3)

2026-10-01 libcurl

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Document: CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION(3) from curl 8.22.0-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/curl/curl.git