summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Doc/library/ftplib.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/library/ftplib.rst')
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/ftplib.rst18
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/ftplib.rst b/Doc/library/ftplib.rst
index 41bdcd8..99aae0d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ftplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ftplib.rst
@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ The module defines the following items:
.. class:: FTP([host[, user[, passwd[, acct[, timeout]]]]])
Return a new instance of the :class:`FTP` class. When *host* is given, the
- method call ``connect(host)`` is made. When *user* is given, additionally the
- method call ``login(user, passwd, acct)`` is made (where *passwd* and *acct*
- default to the empty string when not given). The optional *timeout* parameter
- specifies a timeout in seconds for the connection attempt (if is not specified,
- or passed as None, the global default timeout setting will be used).
+ method call ``connect(host)`` is made. When *user* is given, additionally
+ the method call ``login(user, passwd, acct)`` is made (where *passwd* and
+ *acct* default to the empty string when not given). The optional *timeout*
+ parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for blocking operations like the
+ connection attempt (if is not specified, or passed as None, the global
+ default timeout setting will be used).
.. attribute:: all_errors
@@ -122,9 +123,10 @@ followed by ``lines`` for the text version or ``binary`` for the binary version.
made.
The optional *timeout* parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for the
- connection attempt. If is not specified, or passed as None, the object timeout
- is used (the timeout that you passed when instantiating the class); if the
- object timeout is also None, the global default timeout setting will be used.
+ connection attempt. If is not specified, or passed as None, the object
+ timeout is used (the timeout that you passed when instantiating the class);
+ if the object timeout is also None, the global default timeout setting will
+ be used.
.. method:: FTP.getwelcome()