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17 .TH ARES_TIMEOUT 3 "25 July 1998"
19 ares_fds \- Get file descriptors to select on for name service
24 .B struct timeval *ares_timeout(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP,
25 .B struct timeval *\fImaxtv\fP, struct timeval *\fItvbuf\fP)
30 function determines the maximum time for which the caller should wait before
31 invoking \fIares_process(3)\fP to process timeouts. The parameter
33 specifies a existing maximum timeout, or
35 if the caller does not wish to apply a maximum timeout. The parameter
37 must point to a writable buffer of type
38 .BR "struct timeval" .
43 to have the same value.
45 If no queries have timeouts pending sooner than the given maximum
52 stores the appropriate timeout value into the buffer pointed to by
54 and returns the value of
60 Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems
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