1 Long: ftp-port 2 Arg: <address> 3 Help: Use PORT instead of PASV 4 Short: P 5 Protocols: FTP 6 See-also: ftp-pasv disable-eprt 7 Category: ftp 8 Example: -P - ftp:/example.com 9 Example: -P eth0 ftp:/example.com 10 Example: -P 192.168.0.2 ftp:/example.com 11 --- 12 Reverses the default initiator/listener roles when connecting with FTP. This 13 option makes curl use active mode. curl then tells the server to connect back 14 to the client's specified address and port, while passive mode asks the server 15 to setup an IP address and port for it to connect to. <address> should be one 16 of: 17 .RS 18 .IP interface 19 e.g. "eth0" to specify which interface's IP address you want to use (Unix only) 20 .IP "IP address" 21 e.g. "192.168.10.1" to specify the exact IP address 22 .IP "host name" 23 e.g. "my.host.domain" to specify the machine 24 .IP "-" 25 make curl pick the same IP address that is already used for the control 26 connection 27 .RE 28 29 If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. Disable the 30 use of PORT with --ftp-pasv. Disable the attempt to use the EPRT command 31 instead of PORT by using --disable-eprt. EPRT is really PORT++. 32 33 Since 7.19.5, you can append \&":[start]-[end]\&" to the right of the address, 34 to tell curl what TCP port range to use. That means you specify a port range, 35 from a lower to a higher number. A single number works as well, but do note 36 that it increases the risk of failure since the port may not be available. 37