-l (lowercase L)

-l (lowercase L)

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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.