On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> Where can I learn about the timeouts for FIN_WAIT_2?
>
> I am curious how long this connection will stay up.

I still wonder where the docs on this are at.

> $ netstat | grep cvs
> tcp        0      0  rainier.65335          nbanoncvs2.isc.o.cvsps
> FIN_WAIT_2

This happened at least five times that I tested (once over 12 hours). But
when I added the "-d -P" switches to my cvs update, it ran for a little
over an hour and then the connection closed properly (no constant
FIN_WAIT_2).

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/