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Re: [XBoard-devel] TCP connection (expiry?) with ICS
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Svetlana Tkachenko |
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Re: [XBoard-devel] TCP connection (expiry?) with ICS |
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Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:22:33 +1100 |
Thank you a lot for the detail.
"H.G. Muller" wrote:
> ICS have a time-out period (for FICS this is 1 hour, IIRC), and
> disconnect you if that expires without you giving any commands. They
> know immediately when they disconnect you, however. XBoard has an option
> -keepAlive M , which sends a "date" command to the ICS every M minutes.
> If M < 60 this should prevent FICS from ever disconnecting you.
Don't see this option in the man page of xboard 4.8.0, nor in its options
dialogue.
Svetlana