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Subject: setsockopt() to set a timeout limitations?
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hi-

I used setsockopt() to set a timeout for a blocking socket.

It works for 1 second timeout.
It does not seem to work for a 5000 microsecond timeout.

is there a limit to the timeout?

TIA-

-lance


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