--On 21 May 2009 15:09:05 +0100 Neil Youngman <Neil.Youngman@???>
wrote:
> I want to use ${readsocket{inet:example.com:1234}{data string}} to send
> some information to a host that does not send back any data in response.
> Obviously I don't want to wait for a response, so I guess I need to set a
> 0 second timeout and handle the fail. Has anyone done this? Any gotchas?
>
> I'm thinking, because it will always timeout
>
> condition=!${readsocket{inet:example.com:1234}{data string}}
>
> is that sensible? It feels slightly wrong to me, but I can't see any
> problems with it, other than a lack of obviousness.
There's a default timeout of 5s, if I'm reading the docs right. So you
might want to specify something shorter like 1s. Dunno what happens if you
say 0s.
check section 11.5 of the docs.
>
> Neil Youngman
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