[cups.general] contimeout option of socket backend

[Michael Sweet]

On May 17, 2010, at 7:46 AM, André Hänsel wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I need to employ a timeout on my socket connections (because I need dynamic addresses re-resolved).
> 
>> From looking at the source (http://svn.easysw.com/public/cups/trunk/backend/socket.c) I know that there is a "contimeout" option that defaults to 1 week.
> 
> However, when I try to enter a device URI like socket://printer:9100?contimeout=30 I get a "Bad device-uri" error.

You need a slash between the port number and URI options, e.g.:

    socket://printer:9100/?contimeout=30

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair