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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-08-07 17:36:59 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-08-07 17:36:59 (GMT) |
commit | 730d83797e93d31143849229bceb0b9f54293e14 (patch) | |
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Clarify that quit() and close() render the instance useless.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex index d2358e8..166fd6e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libftplib.tex @@ -234,11 +234,16 @@ standardized, but is supported by many common server implementations. Send a \samp{QUIT} command to the server and close the connection. This is the ``polite'' way to close a connection, but it may raise an exception of the server reponds with an error to the \samp{QUIT} -command. +command. This implies a call to the \method{close()} method which +renders the \class{FTP} instance useless for subsequent calls (see +below). \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{close}{} Close the connection unilaterally. This should not be applied to an already closed connection (e.g.\ after a successful call to -\method{quit()}. +\method{quit()}. After this call the \class{FTP} instance should not +be used any more (i.e., after a call to \method{close()} or +\method{quit()} you cannot reopen the connection by issueing another +\method{login()} method). \end{methoddesc} |