.TH LDAP_RESULT 3 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
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+.\" Copyright 1998-2011 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
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.SH NAME
ldap_result \- Wait for the result of an LDAP operation
is used. With the default setting,
the select blocks indefinitely. To
effect a poll, the timeout argument should be a non-NULL
-pointer, pointing to a zero-valued timeval structure. See
+pointer, pointing to a zero-valued timeval structure.
+To obtain the behavior of the default setting, bypassing any value set by
+.BR ldap_set_option (3),
+set to -1 the \fItv_sec\fP field of the \fItimeout\fP parameter.
+See
.BR select (2)
for further details.
.LP