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| author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2016-01-28 14:52:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2016-01-28 14:52:19 +0000 |
| commit | dd5149df16649980b36f5cbbcc401319c5299256 (patch) | |
| tree | db601cca4c4a05351b2458ab6bc116e1992118c6 /doc/doc-docbook | |
| parent | 62ac2eb78c8756f1643f21eba6ecbd8777ac4656 (diff) | |
Docs: clarify command string content in ${readsocket }
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/doc-docbook')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 18d67fe20..904f831e8 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -9677,7 +9677,8 @@ ${readsocket{inet:[::1]:1234}{request string}} Only a single host name may be given, but if looking it up yields more than one IP address, they are each tried in turn until a connection is made. For both kinds of socket, Exim makes a connection, writes the request string -(unless it is an empty string) and reads from the socket until an end-of-file +unless it is an empty string; and no terminating NUL is ever sent) +and reads from the socket until an end-of-file is read. A timeout of 5 seconds is applied. Additional, optional arguments extend what can be done. Firstly, you can vary the timeout. For example: .code |