Re: Timeout on connect?

Nothing -- if done correctly.  I've seen numerous select() hogs written by
people who didn't have access to the information on this forum.  But the
question was whether or not there was a socket option.  As near as I can
tell, there is on some operating systems, but not on OS/400 because it
doesn't support SO_RCVTIMEO.

YMMV.

At 10:37 AM 3/5/02, you wrote:

>What's wrong with non-blocking sockets & calling select()?   It's the way
>things were designed to work from the beginning.  It's simple.  It's
>dramatically more powerful/flexible than setting SO_RCVTIMEO.
>
>So... I don't understand all of the searching the web for things, and
>looking for alternatives?
>
>On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Rich Duzenbury wrote:
> >
> > Indicates that the SO_RCVTIMEO socket option can be set on some operating
> > systems, and if set before connect, it will influence the maximum amount of
> > time the connect request can take, as well as how long recv will wait.
> >
> > But the bummer is: I pulled out my trusty OS/400 Sockets Programming V3R7
> > manual and it indicates that neither SO_RCVTIMEO, nor SO_SNDTIMEO socket
> > options are supported.  I also checked the iSeries info center for V5R1,
> > and both options are still listed as unsupported.
> >
> > So, it looks like you will still have to 'roll your own'.
> >
>
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Regards,
Rich