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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml index eb6f43d417..129426a6d5 100644 --- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml +++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_sftp.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2005</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2005</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -464,11 +464,16 @@ <v>FileInfo = record()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Returns a <c><![CDATA[file_info]]></c> record from the file specified by + <p>Returns a <c><![CDATA[file_info]]></c> record from the file system object specified by <c><![CDATA[Name]]></c> or <c><![CDATA[Handle]]></c>. See <seealso marker="kernel:file#read_file_info-2">file:read_file_info/2</seealso> for information about the record. </p> + <p> + Depending on the underlying OS:es links might be followed and info on the final file, directory + etc is returned. See <seealso marker="#read_link_info-2">ssh_sftp::read_link_info/2</seealso> + on how to get information on links instead. + </p> </desc> </func> @@ -558,8 +563,14 @@ <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> |