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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2016-01-28 14:52:19 +0000
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2016-01-28 14:52:19 +0000
commitdd5149df16649980b36f5cbbcc401319c5299256 (patch)
treedb601cca4c4a05351b2458ab6bc116e1992118c6
parent62ac2eb78c8756f1643f21eba6ecbd8777ac4656 (diff)
downloadexim4-dd5149df16649980b36f5cbbcc401319c5299256.tar.gz
Docs: clarify command string content in ${readsocket }
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt3
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