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diff --git a/doc/commands.dox b/doc/commands.dox index 1e52ed4a..86cf156b 100644 --- a/doc/commands.dox +++ b/doc/commands.dox @@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ Previous chapter has shown how to open a full shell session, with an attached terminal or not. If you only need to execute commands on the remote end, you don't need all that complexity. +The method described here is suited for executing only one remote command. +If you need to issue several commands in a row, you should consider using +a non-interactive remote shell, as explained in previous chapter. + +@see shell + + @subsection exec_remote Executing remote commands The first steps for executing remote commands are identical to those @@ -71,8 +78,9 @@ If an error has been encountered, it returns a negative value: } @endcode -Once there are no more remote commands to execute, you can send an -end-of-file to the channel, close it, and free the memory it used: +Once you read the result of the remote command, you send an +end-of-file to the channel, close it, and free the memory +that it used: @code ssh_channel_send_eof(channel); |