.\" $Id: libssh2_channel_set_blocking.3,v 1.2 2007/06/13 12:51:10 jehousley Exp $
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.TH libssh2_channel_set_blocking 3 "14 Dec 2006" "libssh2 0.15" "libssh2 manual"
.SH NAME
libssh2_channel_set_blocking - set or clear blocking mode on channel
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h>

void libssh2_channel_set_blocking(LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel, int blocking);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Set or clear blocking mode on the selected channel. If a read is performed on
a channel with no data currently available, a blocking channel will wait for
data to arrive and return what it receives. A non-blocking channel will return
immediately with an empty buffer.

\fIchannel\fP - channel stream to set or clean blocking status on.

\fIblocking\fP - Set to a non-zero value to make the channel block, or zero to
make it non-blocking.
.SH RETURN VALUE
None
.SH SEE ALSO
.BI libssh2_channel_read_ex(3)