libssh2\_session\_set\_timeout(3) libssh2 libssh2\_session\_set\_timeout(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

libssh2\_session\_set\_timeout - set timeout for blocking functions

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
#include <libssh2.h>
void
libssh2_session_set_timeout(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, long timeout);
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Set the **timeout** in milliseconds for how long a blocking the libssh2 function calls may wait until they consider the situation an error and return LIBSSH2\_ERROR\_TIMEOUT.

By default or if you set the timeout to zero, libssh2 has no timeout for blocking functions.

# [RETURN VALUE](#RETURN_VALUE)

Nothing

# [AVAILABILITY](#AVAILABILITY)

Added in 1.2.9

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**libssh2\_session\_get\_timeout(3)**](/man/os/libssh2/libssh2_session_get_timeout.3)

4 May 2011 libssh2

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Document: libssh2_session_set_timeout(3) from libssh2 1.11.1-r10 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2.git