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| author | Martin Storsjö <martin@martin.st> | 2015-02-05 15:06:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Martin Storsjö <martin@martin.st> | 2016-03-24 10:33:59 +0200 |
| commit | 933dec0e29ec4d2cb83474279a6c52d62fdb7310 (patch) | |
| tree | a5dc9d46edec0e3dbed784f6c32c2457834bb67f /doc | |
| parent | ccea588f831906084b8c8235222920e6984beb72 (diff) | |
file: Add an option for following a file that is being written
Using this requires setting the rw_timeout option to make it
terminate, alternatively using the interrupt callback (if used via
the API).
Signed-off-by: Martin Storsjö <martin@martin.st>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/protocols.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi index c0663ac76a..c136c74e41 100644 --- a/doc/protocols.texi +++ b/doc/protocols.texi @@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ The av* tools default to the file protocol, that is a resource specified with the name "FILE.mpeg" is interpreted as the URL "file:FILE.mpeg". +This protocol accepts the following options: + +@table @option +@item follow +If set to 1, the protocol will retry reading at the end of the file, allowing +reading files that still are being written. In order for this to terminate, +you either need to use the rw_timeout option, or use the interrupt callback +(for API users). + +@end table + @section gopher Gopher protocol. |