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Anders Jacob Truelsen wrote: > Hi fellow CVSNT users > > Can I set the timeout limit when waiting for a lock to be released? > > The case is as follows: > I have a script that checks out the whole world and builds it. > If it is forced to wait for a lock, it will from time to time fail due > to CVS timing out. > What I want in this case is to wait until the lock is release, or at > least wait a full hour before failing. > Locks only last about a second. Waiting for an hour would be complete overkill... even one that's lasted 10 seconds is suspicious, unless it's a very large file. Tony