https://sourceforge.net/p/sharpssh/feature-requests/3/2013-04-17T12:14:02ZRecent changes to 3: Timeout possibility forSshShell.Expect2013-04-17T12:14:02Z2013-04-17T12:14:02Zpolarlightninghttps://sourceforge.net/u/polarlightning/https://sourceforge.netd50edec4c55a493b0535480f41f3819fa519a0ed

<div class="markdown_content"><p>I would find it very useful and aligned with common patterns with similar things that Expect(..) function would have timeout parameter (timeout in milliseconds). <br /> "Whenever you are expecting something that you cannot be 100% sure of, it might happen that it never happens what you are waiting for".</p> <p>I think there is a generic need for such, but I can list two specific cases additionally:<br /> - when executing commands after one another and some of those are optional,<br /> you cannot know for each command if you should first expect for a command prompt or not<br /> in a common command-handling method which would take any command string as a parameter<br /> and return the output of the command as a string.<br /> Waiting for command prompt for some time (timeout) would help the situation.</p> <p>- When executing a command to configure the IP-interface of the device, you will loose<br /> connection with the device in the middle of command. In that case if you are waiting<br /> for some string and have no timeout-failure option, you are in troubles (or have to use dirty methods).</p> <p>Thanks for considering!</p></div>