Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx connect_timeout problem...

[Thomas Dickey]

----- Original Message -----
| From: "Fabio F.Gervasi" <address@hidden>
| To: "Thomas Dickey" <address@hidden>
| Cc: address@hidden
| Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 3:41:11 AM
| Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx connect_timeout problem...
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| My scripts works only using some internal data.. Besides, the lynx
| "waiting" is random.. Usually I have no problems.
| But I know there is a lot of people that says to have issues using
| -connect-timeout option.
| 
I don't see a "lot of people".  Here's an example - old:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lynx-dev/2008-11/msg00000.html

(perhaps it's related to the platform you are using - I don't know)

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| 2014-07-15 2:16 GMT+02:00 Thomas Dickey < address@hidden > :
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| On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 06:50:19AM +0200, Fabio F.Gervasi wrote:
| > Hi Thomas!
| > 
| > Thank you for reply. The problem is that i use lynx into some
| > script.
| > 
| > Sometimes lynx waits indefinitely (for example, due to network
| > problems or
| > remote server), and so the script does not go forward. So I need a
| > time-out
| > (like curl or wget timeout) that "unlock" lynx to allow the script
| > to
| > continue ...
| > 
| > What can I do?
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| Is this something that I might be able to reproduce?
| (for instance, some problematic host)
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| > Thank you again..
| > Il 14/lug/2014 02:47 "Thomas Dickey" < address@hidden > ha scritto:
| > 
| > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 09:50:19PM +0200, Fabio F.Gervasi wrote:
| > > > Hi,
| > > > 
| > > > I usually use Lynx 2.8.8dev.15 on Linux machines.
| > > 
| > > that sounds recent enough... but
| > > 
| > > 2012-11-18 (2.8.8dev.15)
| > > 
| > > I made some fixes in dev.13 for nsl-fork, but that's probably not
| > > what
| > > you're looking at.
| > > 
| > > > I trying to use -connect_timeout=N options (N=60, for example,
| > > > or less,
| > > > just to try), but I seem it does not work...
| > > 
| > > It depends on what you are looking for: lynx is calling "select"
| > > with
| > > a timeout of 0.1 seconds, and checking the result 10 times a
| > > second,
| > > limited by the option value.
| > > 
| > > I see from the list-archives that someone asked about this
| > > feature early
| > > 2013,
| > > but there's no definite issue reported so far...
| > > 
| > > --
| > > Thomas E. Dickey < address@hidden >
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