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diff --git a/paramiko/sftp_file.py b/paramiko/sftp_file.py
index a39b1f47..9add3c91 100644
--- a/paramiko/sftp_file.py
+++ b/paramiko/sftp_file.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
# 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
"""
-L{SFTPFile}
+SFTP file object
"""
from __future__ import with_statement
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
self._close(async=True)
def close(self):
+ """
+ Close the file.
+ """
self._close(async=False)
def _close(self, async=False):
@@ -181,34 +184,34 @@ class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
def settimeout(self, timeout):
"""
Set a timeout on read/write operations on the underlying socket or
- ssh L{Channel}.
+ ssh `.Channel`.
+
+ :param float timeout:
+ seconds to wait for a pending read/write operation before raising
+ ``socket.timeout``, or ``None`` for no timeout
- @see: L{Channel.settimeout}
- @param timeout: seconds to wait for a pending read/write operation
- before raising C{socket.timeout}, or C{None} for no timeout
- @type timeout: float
+ .. seealso:: `.Channel.settimeout`
"""
self.sftp.sock.settimeout(timeout)
def gettimeout(self):
"""
- Returns the timeout in seconds (as a float) associated with the socket
- or ssh L{Channel} used for this file.
+ Returns the timeout in seconds (as a `float`) associated with the
+ socket or ssh `.Channel` used for this file.
- @see: L{Channel.gettimeout}
- @rtype: float
+ .. seealso:: `.Channel.gettimeout`
"""
return self.sftp.sock.gettimeout()
def setblocking(self, blocking):
"""
Set blocking or non-blocking mode on the underiying socket or ssh
- L{Channel}.
+ `.Channel`.
- @see: L{Channel.setblocking}
- @param blocking: 0 to set non-blocking mode; non-0 to set blocking
- mode.
- @type blocking: int
+ :param int blocking:
+ 0 to set non-blocking mode; non-0 to set blocking mode.
+
+ .. seealso:: `.Channel.setblocking`
"""
self.sftp.sock.setblocking(blocking)
@@ -226,11 +229,10 @@ class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
def stat(self):
"""
Retrieve information about this file from the remote system. This is
- exactly like L{SFTP.stat}, except that it operates on an already-open
- file.
+ exactly like `.SFTPClient.stat`, except that it operates on an
+ already-open file.
- @return: an object containing attributes about this file.
- @rtype: SFTPAttributes
+ :return: an `.SFTPAttributes` object containing attributes about this file.
"""
t, msg = self.sftp._request(CMD_FSTAT, self.handle)
if t != CMD_ATTRS:
@@ -240,11 +242,10 @@ class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
def chmod(self, mode):
"""
Change the mode (permissions) of this file. The permissions are
- unix-style and identical to those used by python's C{os.chmod}
+ unix-style and identical to those used by Python's `os.chmod`
function.
- @param mode: new permissions
- @type mode: int
+ :param int mode: new permissions
"""
self.sftp._log(DEBUG, 'chmod(%s, %r)' % (hexlify(self.handle), mode))
attr = SFTPAttributes()
@@ -253,15 +254,13 @@ class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
def chown(self, uid, gid):
"""
- Change the owner (C{uid}) and group (C{gid}) of this file. As with
- python's C{os.chown} function, you must pass both arguments, so if you
- only want to change one, use L{stat} first to retrieve the current
+ Change the owner (``uid``) and group (``gid``) of this file. As with
+ Python's `os.chown` function, you must pass both arguments, so if you
+ only want to change one, use `stat` first to retrieve the current
owner and group.
- @param uid: new owner's uid
- @type uid: int
- @param gid: new group id
- @type gid: int
+ :param int uid: new owner's uid
+ :param int gid: new group id
"""
self.sftp._log(DEBUG, 'chown(%s, %r, %r)' % (hexlify(self.handle), uid, gid))
attr = SFTPAttributes()
@@ -271,15 +270,15 @@ class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
def utime(self, times):
"""
Set the access and modified times of this file. If
- C{times} is C{None}, then the file's access and modified times are set
- to the current time. Otherwise, C{times} must be a 2-tuple of numbers,
- of the form C{(atime, mtime)}, which is used to set the access and
- modified times, respectively. This bizarre API is mimicked from python
+ ``times`` is ``None``, then the file's access and modified times are set
+ to the current time. Otherwise, ``times`` must be a 2-tuple of numbers,
+ of the form ``(atime, mtime)``, which is used to set the access and
+ modified times, respectively. This bizarre API is mimicked from Python
for the sake of consistency -- I apologize.
- @param times: C{None} or a tuple of (access time, modified time) in
- standard internet epoch time (seconds since 01 January 1970 GMT)
- @type times: tuple(int)
+ :param tuple times:
+ ``None`` or a tuple of (access time, modified time) in standard
+ internet epoch time (seconds since 01 January 1970 GMT)
"""
if times is None:
times = (time.time(), time.time())
@@ -291,11 +290,11 @@ class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
def truncate(self, size):
"""
Change the size of this file. This usually extends
- or shrinks the size of the file, just like the C{truncate()} method on
- python file objects.
+ or shrinks the size of the file, just like the ``truncate()`` method on
+ Python file objects.
- @param size: the new size of the file
- @type size: int or long
+ :param size: the new size of the file
+ :type size: int or long
"""
self.sftp._log(DEBUG, 'truncate(%s, %r)' % (hexlify(self.handle), size))
attr = SFTPAttributes()
@@ -308,46 +307,48 @@ class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
to verify a successful upload or download, or for various rsync-like
operations.
- The file is hashed from C{offset}, for C{length} bytes. If C{length}
- is 0, the remainder of the file is hashed. Thus, if both C{offset}
- and C{length} are zero, the entire file is hashed.
+ The file is hashed from ``offset``, for ``length`` bytes. If ``length``
+ is 0, the remainder of the file is hashed. Thus, if both ``offset``
+ and ``length`` are zero, the entire file is hashed.
- Normally, C{block_size} will be 0 (the default), and this method will
+ Normally, ``block_size`` will be 0 (the default), and this method will
return a byte string representing the requested hash (for example, a
string of length 16 for MD5, or 20 for SHA-1). If a non-zero
- C{block_size} is given, each chunk of the file (from C{offset} to
- C{offset + length}) of C{block_size} bytes is computed as a separate
+ ``block_size`` is given, each chunk of the file (from ``offset`` to
+ ``offset + length``) of ``block_size`` bytes is computed as a separate
hash. The hash results are all concatenated and returned as a single
string.
- For example, C{check('sha1', 0, 1024, 512)} will return a string of
+ For example, ``check('sha1', 0, 1024, 512)`` will return a string of
length 40. The first 20 bytes will be the SHA-1 of the first 512 bytes
of the file, and the last 20 bytes will be the SHA-1 of the next 512
bytes.
- @param hash_algorithm: the name of the hash algorithm to use (normally
- C{"sha1"} or C{"md5"})
- @type hash_algorithm: str
- @param offset: offset into the file to begin hashing (0 means to start
- from the beginning)
- @type offset: int or long
- @param length: number of bytes to hash (0 means continue to the end of
- the file)
- @type length: int or long
- @param block_size: number of bytes to hash per result (must not be less
- than 256; 0 means to compute only one hash of the entire segment)
- @type block_size: int
- @return: string of bytes representing the hash of each block,
- concatenated together
- @rtype: str
-
- @note: Many (most?) servers don't support this extension yet.
+ :param str hash_algorithm:
+ the name of the hash algorithm to use (normally ``"sha1"`` or
+ ``"md5"``)
+ :param offset:
+ offset into the file to begin hashing (0 means to start from the
+ beginning)
+ :type offset: int or long
+ :param length:
+ number of bytes to hash (0 means continue to the end of the file)
+ :type length: int or long
+ :param int block_size:
+ number of bytes to hash per result (must not be less than 256; 0
+ means to compute only one hash of the entire segment)
+ :type block_size: int
+ :return:
+ `str` of bytes representing the hash of each block, concatenated
+ together
- @raise IOError: if the server doesn't support the "check-file"
+ :raises IOError: if the server doesn't support the "check-file"
extension, or possibly doesn't support the hash algorithm
requested
- @since: 1.4
+ .. note:: Many (most?) servers don't support this extension yet.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 1.4
"""
t, msg = self.sftp._request(CMD_EXTENDED, 'check-file', self.handle,
hash_algorithm, long(offset), long(length), block_size)
@@ -360,35 +361,35 @@ class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
"""
Turn on/off the pipelining of write operations to this file. When
pipelining is on, paramiko won't wait for the server response after
- each write operation. Instead, they're collected as they come in.
- At the first non-write operation (including L{close}), all remaining
+ each write operation. Instead, they're collected as they come in. At
+ the first non-write operation (including `.close`), all remaining
server responses are collected. This means that if there was an error
- with one of your later writes, an exception might be thrown from
- within L{close} instead of L{write}.
+ with one of your later writes, an exception might be thrown from within
+ `.close` instead of `.write`.
- By default, files are I{not} pipelined.
+ By default, files are not pipelined.
- @param pipelined: C{True} if pipelining should be turned on for this
- file; C{False} otherwise
- @type pipelined: bool
+ :param bool pipelined:
+ ``True`` if pipelining should be turned on for this file; ``False``
+ otherwise
- @since: 1.5
+ .. versionadded:: 1.5
"""
self.pipelined = pipelined
def prefetch(self):
"""
- Pre-fetch the remaining contents of this file in anticipation of
- future L{read} calls. If reading the entire file, pre-fetching can
+ Pre-fetch the remaining contents of this file in anticipation of future
+ `.read` calls. If reading the entire file, pre-fetching can
dramatically improve the download speed by avoiding roundtrip latency.
The file's contents are incrementally buffered in a background thread.
- The prefetched data is stored in a buffer until read via the L{read}
+ The prefetched data is stored in a buffer until read via the `.read`
method. Once data has been read, it's removed from the buffer. The
- data may be read in a random order (using L{seek}); chunks of the
+ data may be read in a random order (using `.seek`); chunks of the
buffer that haven't been read will continue to be buffered.
- @since: 1.5.1
+ .. versionadded:: 1.5.1
"""
size = self.stat().st_size
# queue up async reads for the rest of the file
@@ -404,17 +405,17 @@ class SFTPFile (BufferedFile):
def readv(self, chunks):
"""
Read a set of blocks from the file by (offset, length). This is more
- efficient than doing a series of L{seek} and L{read} calls, since the
+ efficient than doing a series of `.seek` and `.read` calls, since the
prefetch machinery is used to retrieve all the requested blocks at
once.
- @param chunks: a list of (offset, length) tuples indicating which
- sections of the file to read
- @type chunks: list(tuple(long, int))
- @return: a list of blocks read, in the same order as in C{chunks}
- @rtype: list(str)
+ :param chunks:
+ a list of (offset, length) tuples indicating which sections of the
+ file to read
+ :type chunks: list(tuple(long, int))
+ :return: a list of blocks read, in the same order as in ``chunks``
- @since: 1.5.4
+ .. versionadded:: 1.5.4
"""
self.sftp._log(DEBUG, 'readv(%s, %r)' % (hexlify(self.handle), chunks))