---
name: "CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS"
section: "3"
platform: "macos"
package: "curl"
version: "166.0.0.0.1"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS"
---

# CURLOPT\_PATH\_AS\_IS(3)

do not handle dot dot sequences

## NAME

CURLOPT\_PATH\_AS\_IS - do not handle dot dot sequences

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

Set the long *leaveit* to 1, to explicitly tell libcurl to not alter the given path before passing it on to the server.

This instructs libcurl to NOT squash sequences of "/../" or "/./" that may exist in the URL's path part and that is supposed to be removed according to RFC 3986 section 5.2.4.

Some server implementations are known to (erroneously) require the dot dot sequences to remain in the path and some clients want to pass these on in order to try out server implementations.

By default libcurl normalizes such sequences before using the path.

The corresponding flag for the *[curl\_url\_set(3)](/curl_url_set/3.md)* function is called **CURLU\_PATH\_AS\_IS**.

## DEFAULT

0

## PROTOCOLS

All

## EXAMPLE

```
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL,
                     "https://example.com/../../etc/password");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS, 1L);
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}
```

## AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.42.0

## RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE\_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE\_UNKNOWN\_OPTION if not.

## SEE ALSO

[**CURLOPT\_DEBUGFUNCTION**(3)](/CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION/3.md), [**CURLOPT\_STDERR**(3)](/CURLOPT_STDERR/3.md), [**CURLOPT\_URL**(3)](/CURLOPT_URL/3.md), [**curl\_url\_set**(3)](/curl_url_set/3.md)