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Article: 13201 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: input and pause statement timeout values
Date: 8 Feb 2002 11:59:01 -0500
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In article <336f652d.0202080845.d48f68f@posting.google.com>,
Shifeux <shifeux@hotmail.com> wrote:
: Is there a maxium allowable value for the timeout settings for the
: input statement and the pause statement and what would it be? I need
: to set a large value and would like to know my limits. I did not see
: any documentation on this in the book.
:
It depends on the machine architecture and compiler. Usually it's
about 999999999 sec, which is about 31 years? If you give a bigger number
than that, it's treated as infinite, and it might as well be.
- Frank