Re: libssh channel_request_exec timeout

[Konstantin Satunin <konstantin.satunin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Aris,

Thank you for your quick response!

Great to understand that there is blocking in channel_read function and it
can be workarounded with channel_poll.
I'll add this to my C++ wrapper!

2010/3/25 Aris Adamantiadis <aris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Hi Konstantin,
>
> The channel_request_exec call is blocking until we have the answer from
> the ssh server, but usually that's quite fast. There is no wait for
> completion of the command. In order to wait for the completion of the
> command, you have to do channel_read which itself can be made
> nonblocking (using channel_poll).
> Unfortunately there is nothing as simple as channel_read_timeout as you
> suggest, at least for the moment.
>
> Regards,
>
> Aris
>
> Konstantin Satunin a écrit :
> > Hello, everyone!
> >
> > I have a question! Is there any way to control timeout of execution
> > commands on remote server with libssh?
> >
> > For example when i call channel_request_exec function with some shell
> > command i suppose that this call is blocking execution of my daemon for
> > some time, but what if i want to limit that waiting time to something
> > like 60 sec etc...
> >
> > Can someone explain me how it could be achieved in libssh ?
> >
> > --
> > Best wishes
> > Konstantin Satunin
> > ICQ 592327
> > WWW http://mercenaries.net.ru
>
>
>


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