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''-l (lowercase L)'' '''

-l (lowercase L)
Set a timeout for the lookup V8.12 and above

When doing a lookup, the -l switch sets a time limit for how long to wait for a reply: 

-l5

Note that the limit is not a general time expression (that is, 15m still evaluates to 15 seconds).

Also note that this -l switch is not available for all database-map types. As of this writing, it is available only with the ldap and ph database-map types.



    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Some Basics
    		Part I: Build and Install
    		Part II: Administration
    		Part III: The Configuration File
    		Chapter 17. Configuration File Overview
    		Chapter 18. The R (Rules) Configuration Command
    		Chapter 19. The S (Rule Sets) Configuration Command
    		Chapter 20. The M (Mail Delivery Agent) Configuration Command
    		Chapter 21. The D (Define a Macro) Configuration Command
    		Chapter 22. The C and F (Class Macro) Configuration Commands
    		Chapter 23. The K (Database-Map) Configuration Command
    		23.1 Enable at Compile Time
    		23.2 The K Configuration Command
    		23.3 The K Command switches
    		''-A'' '''
    		''-a'' '''
    		''-D'' '''
    		''-f'' '''
    		''-k'' '''
    		''-l (lowercase L)'' '''
    		''-m'' '''
    		''-N'' '''
    		''-O'' '''
    		''-o'' '''
    		''-q'' '''
    		''-S'' '''
    		''-T'' '''
    		''-t'' '''
    		''-v'' '''
    		''-z'' '''
    		23.4 Use $( and $) in Rules
    		23.5 Database Maps with mc Configuration
    		23.6 Pitfalls
    		23.7 Alphabetized Database-Map Types
    		''arith'' '''
    		''btree'' '''
    		''bestmx'' '''
    		''dbm'' '''
    		''dequote'' '''
    		''dns'' '''
    		''hash'' '''
    		''hesiod'' '''
    		'host'' ''''
    		''implicit'' '''
    		''ldap (was ldapx)'' '''
    		''macro'' '''
    		''netinfo'' '''
    		''nis'' '''
    		''nisplus'' '''
    		''nsd'' '''
    		''null'' '''
    		''ph'' '''
    		''program'' '''
    		''regex'' '''
    		''sequence'' '''
    		''stab'' '''
    		''switch'' '''
    		''syslog'' '''
    		''text'' '''
    		''userdb'' '''
    		''user'' '''
    		Chapter 24. The O (Options) Configuration Command
    		Chapter 25. The H (Headers) Configuration Command
    		Part IV: Appendixes
    		Bibliography