From 90566fd0deb8768acc96b0a0bc573183c4db20ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Allison Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:49:41 -0700 Subject: Fix the documentation of the iosize command to explain the new zero default for smbclient. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Allison Reviewed-by: Michael Adam --- docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs-xml') 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 @@ iosize <bytes> - 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. + + 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. -- cgit