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| author | Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> | 2013-08-16 16:48:18 -0700 |
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| committer | Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> | 2013-08-21 17:28:56 +0200 |
| commit | 659f5fecd69fb240c1a2ea385584c22d00476b59 (patch) | |
| tree | ecce71576b45a7ddfd1630f10c489117fc599d12 | |
| parent | 252a6b6d8a27f4b8be61c6b091318ddb76776471 (diff) | |
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Fix the documentation for --send-buffersize for the new default value of zero for smbclient.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml index ad465b88b9..2a8b5ea8d6 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml @@ -316,10 +316,16 @@ <varlistentry> <term>-b|--send-buffer buffersize</term> - <listitem><para>This option changes the transmit/send buffer - size when getting or putting a file from/to the server. The default - is 65520 bytes. Setting this value smaller (to 1200 bytes) has been - observed to speed up file transfers to and from a Win9x server. + <listitem><para> + When sending or receiving files, smbclient uses an + internal buffer sized by the maximum number of allowed requests + to the connected server. This command allows this size to be set to any + range between 0 (which means use the default server controlled size) bytes + and 16776960 (0xFFFF00) bytes. Using the server controlled size is the + most efficient as smbclient will pipeline as many simultaneous reads or + writes needed to keep the server as busy as possible. Setting this to + any other size will slow down the transfer. This can also be set + using the <command>iosize</command> command inside smbclient. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> |