telnetlib read_until()( question

[Emile van Sebille]

"DeepBleu" <DeepBleu at DeepBleu.org> wrote in message
news:u5lqt76m0ogfd8 at corp.supernews.com...
> For telnetlib's read_until(expected [,timeout])
>
> a.  Does anyone know the default value of the timeout when no timeout
is
> given, and
> b.  When a timeout is given:  Is the numeric value in seconds or
mintues?

telnetlib uses select.select, passing the timeout value.  From the
select docs:

FUNCTIONS
    select(...)
        select(rlist, wlist, xlist[, timeout]) -> (rlist, wlist, xlist)
[snip]
        The optional 4th argument specifies a timeout in seconds; it may
be
        a floating point number to specify fractions of seconds.  If it
is absent
        or None, the call will never time out.


HTH,

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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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