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...nn.c 2007-06-25 00:51:38.000000000 +0900 @@ -155,14 +155,19 @@ static size_t sock_read(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nitems, Rconnection con) { + int timeout = asInteger(GetOption(install("timeout"), R_BaseEnv)); + + R_SockTimeout(timeout); return sock_read_helper(con, ptr, size * nitems)/size; } static size_t sock_write(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nitems, Rconnection con) { + int timeout = asInteger(GetOption(install("timeout"), R_BaseEnv)); Rsockconn this = (Rsockconn)con->private; + R_SockTime...

Dear R Gurus, for some purpose i have to use a socket connection, where i have to read and write both text and binary data (each binary data package will be preceeded by a header line). When experimenting, i encountered some problems (with R-2.0.1 under different Linuxes (SuSE and Gentoo)). Since the default mode for socket connections is non-blocking, i first tried socketSelect() in order to