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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml index eb6f43d417..2822bf808f 100644 --- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml +++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml @@ -558,8 +558,14 @@ <taglist> <tag><c><![CDATA[{timeout, timeout()}]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>The time-out is passed to the <c>ssh_channel</c> start function, - and defaults to <c>infinity</c>.</p> + <p>There are two ways to set a timeout for the underlying ssh connection:</p> + <list> + <item>If the connection timeout option <c>connect_timeout</c> is set, that value + is used also for the negotiation timeout and this option (<c>timeout</c>) is ignored.</item> + <item>Otherwise, this option (<c>timeout</c>) is used as the negotiation timeout + only and there is no connection timeout set</item> + </list> + <p>The value defaults to <c>infinity</c>.</p> </item> <tag> <c><![CDATA[{sftp_vsn, integer()}]]></c> |