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| author | Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> | 2013-08-16 16:49:41 -0700 |
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| committer | Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> | 2013-08-21 17:28:56 +0200 |
| commit | 90566fd0deb8768acc96b0a0bc573183c4db20ef (patch) | |
| tree | 006b546332d75ece3880ba0970e4ccd2470e79ea /docs-xml | |
| parent | 659f5fecd69fb240c1a2ea385584c22d00476b59 (diff) | |
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Fix the documentation of the iosize command to explain the new zero default for smbclient.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs-xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml index 2a8b5ea8d6..3a3c4dfb4d 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml @@ -707,12 +707,15 @@ <varlistentry> <term>iosize <bytes></term> - <listitem><para>When sending or receiving files, smbclient uses an - internal memory buffer by default of size 64512 bytes. This command - allows this size to be set to any range between 16384 (0x4000) bytes - and 16776960 (0xFFFF00) bytes. Larger sizes may mean more efficient - data transfer as smbclient will try and use the most efficient - read and write calls for the connected 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. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> |