RE: Connect timeout value in SockUtilR4

Mike,

Did that & its works fine, but will need to check other parts of the sockets
'conversation' to ensure I have not created other problems.
Thanks


Ian Patterson

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Barton
Sent: 13 April 2004 13:09
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Connect timeout value in SockUtilR4



>Does anyone know which (if any) parameter controls the timeout value for
the
>connect() function in Scott's sockutilr4 server program ?
>It currently waits for about a minute (I've not exactly timed it) before
>returning an error that the remote host is not answering.
>
>I want to get it down to about 10 secs.

Ian
        one way is to set the connection to non-blocking.

Connect to the socket and then simply loop around waiting
for either you get connected or you exceed your max wait time.

HTH

Mike


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