[cvsnt] Re: Setting wait timeout when waiting for lock?

[Tony Hoyle]

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