WSManDisconnectShell function (wsman.h)

Disconnects the network connection of an active shell and its associated commands.

Syntax

void WSManDisconnectShell(
  [in, out] WSMAN_SHELL_HANDLE          shell,
            DWORD                       flags,
  [in]      WSMAN_SHELL_DISCONNECT_INFO *disconnectInfo,
  [in]      WSMAN_SHELL_ASYNC           *async
);

Parameters

[in, out] shell

Specifies the handle returned by a call to the WSManCreateShell function. This parameter cannot be NULL.

flags

Can be a WSMAN_FLAG_SERVER_BUFFERING_MODE_DROP flag or a WSMAN_FLAG_SERVER_BUFFERING_MODE_BLOCK flag.

[in] disconnectInfo

A pointer to a WSMAN_SHELL_DISCONNECT_INFO structure that specifies an idle time-out that the server session may enforce. If this parameter is NULL, the server session idle time-out will not be changed.

[in] async

Defines an asynchronous structure to contain an optional user context and a mandatory callback function. For more information, see WSMAN_SHELL_ASYNC. This parameter cannot be NULL.

Return value

None

Remarks

This function suspends network connection to an actively connected server session. Any operations performed on the shell instance, like WSManRunShellCommand, WSManSendShellInput, or WSManSignalShell, are bound to complete before disconnection. This ensures that any data sent through WSManSendShellInput is received by the server session before the shell disconnects. The client can optionally modify the server buffering mode by using flags. The following behavior is observed:

• WSMAN_FLAG_SERVER_BUFFERING_MODE_DROP–When buffers are full, the server drops earlier data in response stream buffers to ensure the corresponding command operation continues to run.
• WSMAN_FLAG_SERVER_BUFFERING_MODE_BLOCK–When response stream buffers are full, the server blocks command execution. If no flag is specified, the server continues to use either the configured mode or the mode specified when the shell was created. In case of a network failure, if the client is unable to contact the session to disconnect the shell, the following error is returned:

  ERROR_WINRS_SHELL_DISCONNECT_OPERATION_NOT_GRACEFUL

  The client session still goes into a disconnected state, but it is not guaranteed that any prior operations have completed before the session is disconnected.

Requirements