man io_timeout () - set time limit on descriptor

NAME

io_timeout - set time limit on descriptor

SYNTAX

#include <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.

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