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-rw-r--r--paramiko/sftp_client.py2
-rw-r--r--paramiko/sftp_file.py3
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 10b2bf54..cd98477a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Releases
v1.10.0 (DD MM YYYY)
--------------------
+* #127: Turn `SFTPFile` into a context manager. Thanks to Michael Williamson
+* for the patch.
* #116: Limit `Message.get_bytes` to an upper bound of 1MB to protect against
potential DoS vectors. Thanks to `@mvschaik` for catch & patch.
* #115: Add convenience `get_pty` kwarg to `Client.exec_command` so users not
diff --git a/paramiko/sftp_client.py b/paramiko/sftp_client.py
index 8cb8ceaf..7df643f5 100644
--- a/paramiko/sftp_client.py
+++ b/paramiko/sftp_client.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class SFTPClient (BaseSFTP):
Open a file on the remote server. The arguments are the same as for
python's built-in C{file} (aka C{open}). A file-like object is
returned, which closely mimics the behavior of a normal python file
- object.
+ object, including the ability to be used as a context manager.
The mode indicates how the file is to be opened: C{'r'} for reading,
C{'w'} for writing (truncating an existing file), C{'a'} for appending,
diff --git a/paramiko/sftp_file.py b/paramiko/sftp_file.py
index c9fc76f5..d4ecb89f 100644
--- a/paramiko/sftp_file.py
+++ b/paramiko/sftp_file.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ from paramiko.sftp_attr import SFTPAttributes
class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
"""
Proxy object for a file on the remote server, in client mode SFTP.
+
+ Instances of this class may be used as context managers in the same way
+ that built-in Python file objects are.
"""
# Some sftp servers will choke if you send read/write requests larger than