@deftypefun {int} {gnutls_system_recv_timeout} (gnutls_transport_ptr_t @var{ptr}, unsigned int @var{ms}) @var{ptr}: A file descriptor (wrapped in a gnutls_transport_ptr_t pointer) @var{ms}: The number of milliseconds to wait. Wait for data to be received from the provided socket ( @code{ptr} ) within a timeout period in milliseconds, using @code{select()} on the provided @code{ptr} . This function is provided as a helper for constructing custom callbacks for @code{gnutls_transport_set_pull_timeout_function()} , which can be used if you rely on socket file descriptors. Returns -1 on error, 0 on timeout, positive value if data are available for reading. @strong{Since:} 3.4.0 @end deftypefun