Socket close delay

The solinger parameter sets the delay value in seconds for closing a socket.

solinger

Description

Set solinger to the number of seconds to delay closing the socket or 0 to close the socket immediately. If the setting is enabled, and data transmission is still in progress, a call to close the socket blocks the calling program. The calling program is blocked until the data is transmitted, or until the connection times out. If the setting is disabled, a call to close the socket returns without blocking the caller and TCP/IP still tries to send the data. Normally, this transfer is successful, but it cannot be guaranteed, because TCP/IP repeats the send request for only a specified period.

Set the value in the range 0 through 65,536. The setting is applied to any socket used by this handler. If a value is not entered or is set to zero, the setting is disabled for any sockets used by this protocol handler.

Default value

There is no default value for this parameter.

Where set

This parameter is in the SSL protocol parameters subsection of the GATEWAY section of the configuration file.

Example

solinger=10000