Hi,

This is continuation to the thread
http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2009-10/0022.html
On Fri, 2 Oct 2009, centrio_at_gmail.com wrote:

> I am using multi handle for my application. I have a select call on the
> curl
> FDs, and on return of select, i do multi_perform depending upon the return
> value of select . The timeout for select is 1 min. I have a problem here
> since if the select is blocked for 1 mins, and if I want to close my
> application, it hangs for one min.

> I cannot reduce the 1 min timeout. Is it possible to use any curl APIs to
> break this select?

> Sure you can reduce the timeout, you can call it again in a loop if it
> timed
> out.

Earlier I had used timeout of 1min and I used to do select only once. No I
have timeout of 1sec and I am looping over it for 1 minute. Is it
equivalent to my previous setup?

Also if the network has a higher delay say of 2 sec, will it ever be able
to connect?

Please help.

Best Regards
Shivanand

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