NAME

       ares_timeout - return maximum time to wait

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ares.h>

       struct timeval *ares_timeout(ares_channel channel,
       struct timeval *maxtv, struct timeval *tv)

DESCRIPTION

       The  ares_timeout  function  determines  the maximum time for which the caller should wait
       before invoking ares_process(3) to process timeouts.   The  parameter  maxtv  specifies  a
       existing  maximum timeout, or NULL if the caller does not wish to apply a maximum timeout.
       The parameter tv must point to a writable buffer of type struct timeval.  It is valid  for
       maxtv and tv to have the same value.

       If  no  queries  have timeouts pending sooner than the given maximum timeout, ares_timeout
       returns the value of maxtv; otherwise ares_timeout stores the  appropriate  timeout  value
       into the buffer pointed to by tv and returns the value of tv.

SEE ALSO

       ares_fds(3), ares_process(3)

AUTHOR

       Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
       Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

                                           25 July 1998                           ARES_TIMEOUT(3)