NAME

       remctl_set_timeout - Set timeout for subsequent remctl client operations

SYNOPSIS

       #include <remctl.h>

       int remctl_set_timeout(struct remctl *r, time_t timeout);

DESCRIPTION

       remctl_set_timeout() sets the timeout for connections and commands to timeout, which
       should be an integer number of seconds.  timeout may be 0 to clear a timeout that was
       previously set and restore the default behavior of having no timeout.  All subsequent
       operations on the given struct remctl argument will be subject to this timeout, including
       remctl_open() if called prior to calling remctl_open().

       The timeout is a timeout on network activity from the server, not on a complete operation.
       So, for example, a timeout of ten seconds just requires that the server send some data
       every ten seconds.  If the server sends only tiny amounts of data at a time, the complete
       operation could take much longer than ten seconds without triggering the timeout.

RETURN VALUE

       remctl_set_timeout() returns true on success and false on failure.  The only failure case
       is if timeout is negative.  On failure, the caller should call remctl_error() to retrieve
       the error message.

SEE ALSO

       remctl_new(3), remctl_command(3), remctl_open(3), remctl_output(3), remctl_error(3)

       The current version of the remctl library and complete details of the remctl protocol are
       available from its web page at <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/remctl/>.

AUTHOR

       Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2012 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

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