Abandoned wrote: > Hi.. > I want to set 30 second urllib.urlretrieve timeout.. > Because if urllib.urlretrieve can't connect to page wait 1-2 hour... > I download the images to my server with urlretrieve if you know the > better way please help me. > > I'm sorry my bad english.. > import socket socket.setdefaulttimeout(30)
at the top of your program might help. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Sorry, the dog ate my .sigline so I couldn't cat it -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
