diff -r 1a29b1d8d9d8 -r e59abb210584 src/server/webdav/webdav.h
--- a/src/server/webdav/webdav.h	Sun Jan 26 11:50:35 2020 +0100
+++ b/src/server/webdav/webdav.h	Sat Feb 01 18:44:31 2020 +0100
@@ -82,6 +82,25 @@
 int webdav_acl(pblock *pb, Session *sn, Request *rq);
 int webdav_search (pblock *pb, Session *sn, Request *rq);
 
+/*
+ * Initialize a WebDAV VFS operation
+ * 
+ * sn: WS Session
+ * rq: WS Request
+ * out_reqbuf: func returns a pointer to the request body or NULL
+ * out_vfs: func returns a pointer to the newly created VFSContext
+ * out_path: func returns a pointer to the path string
+ * 
+ * return: on success REQ_PROCEED
+ *         on error   REQ_ABORTED
+ */
+int webdav_init_vfs_op(
+        Session *sn,
+        Request *rq,
+        UcxBuffer **out_reqbuf,
+        VFSContext **out_vfs,
+        char **out_path);
+
 int default_propfind_init(
         WebdavPropfindRequest *rq,
         const char* path,