I checked the code again, and unfortunately have not found the answer why
the block size is limited by 2000 bytes.
libssh2_sftp_read() always returns 2000 if I ask read bigger block.
So I had to split reading on several steps with less (fixed) block size.
On 26 August 2013 18:13, Velichko Yuriy <velichko.yuriy_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the answer. I'll check my code carefully, to determine i get
> such answer from the function.
>
>
> On 23 August 2013 12:58, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 23 Aug 2013, Velichko Yuriy wrote:
>>
>> I tried to read data from file using function libssh2_sftp_read(3).
>>>
>>> The buffer_maxlen = 8000
>>>
>>> But the "Number of bytes actually populated into buffer" (the return
>>> value of function) is always 2000.
>>>
>>
>> I don't think it is always 2000.
>>
>> When you ask for data with this function from libssh2, the function will
>> split up the request into multiple requests for several pieces and as soon
>> as the first data has arrived it returns that. The subsequent data pieces
>> can then be returned in the next call to this function, should they have
>> arrived then.
>>
>> This is an optimization to help bite off the worst problems with the
>> request/response nature of the SFTP protocol and its small packets. You get
>> the first data available faster, and chances are that when you subsequently
>> ask for more data it might already have been received.
>>
>> You should still ask for as much data as possible at once so that libssh2
>> will send out requests for all of it, and thus make you get data faster.
>> This is especially important if you're on high latency connections.
>>
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