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NAME

       io_timeout - set time limit on descriptor

SYNTAX

       #include <libowfat/io.h>

       void io_timeout(int64 fd,tai6464 deadline);

DESCRIPTION

       The  io  library  keeps  track  of an optional ``timeout'' for each descriptor. The timeout is a specific
       moment in time, stored in a tai6464 variable.

       io_timeout(d,t) sets the timeout for descriptor d to t.

       io_timeout has no return value; it always succeeds. (Space to store the timeout was already allocated  as
       part of the descriptor.) It has no effect if d is not the number of a descriptor.

       Note  that you have to call io_timeouted to be notified of timeouts, just like you are calling io_canread
       or io_canwrite for read and write notification.

SEE ALSO

       io_waituntil(3), io_timeouted(3)

                                                                                                   io_timeout(3)