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+---
+c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel.se>, et al.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
+Title: CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION
+Section: 3
+Source: libcurl
+See-also:
+  - CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING (3)
+  - CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING (3)
+---
+
+# NAME
+
+CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION - enable SSH compression
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+~~~c
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION, long enable);
+~~~
+
+# 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
+
+0, disabled
+
+# PROTOCOLS
+
+All SSH based protocols: SCP, SFTP
+
+# EXAMPLE
+
+~~~c
+int main(void)
+{
+  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(curl) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com");
+
+    /* enable built-in compression */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION, 1L);
+
+    /* Perform the request */
+    curl_easy_perform(curl);
+  }
+}
+~~~
+
+# AVAILABILITY
+
+Added in 7.56.0
+
+# RETURN VALUE
+
+Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
+CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.