Time-out Changes

After sending a request to the server, a client program waits for a default period (25 seconds) to receive a reply. This time-out may be changed using the clnt_control() routine. See "Standard Interfaces" for additional uses of the clnt_control() routine. See also the rpc(3N) manpage. When considering time-out periods, be sure to allow the minimum amount of time required for "round-trip" communications over the network. Example 3-24 illustrates the use of clnt_control().

Example 3-24 clnt_control Routine

struct timeval tv;
CLIENT *clnt;
clnt = clnt_create( "somehost", SOMEPROG,
									SOMEVERS, "visible" );

if (clnt == (CLIENT *)NULL)
	exit(1);
tv.tv_sec = 60;	/* change time-out to
							 * 60 seconds
							 */
tv.tv_usec = 0;
clnt_control(clnt, CLSET_TIMEOUT, &tv);