/man/redisExpire.Rd

 1\name{redisExpire}
 2\alias{redisExpire}
 3\alias{redisPexpire}
 4\title{Set a timeout on the specified key.}
 5\description{
 6Set a timeout on the specified key, after which the key and
 7corresponding value will be deleted.
 8}
 9\usage{
10redisExpire(key, seconds)
11redisPexpire(key, milliseconds)
12}
13\arguments{
14  \item{key}{The character key on which to set the timeout.}
15  \item{seconds}{The integer timeout in seconds.}
16  \item{milliseconds}{The integer timeout in milliseconds.}
17}
18\details{Operations that modify value(s) corresponding to a key subsequent
19to the \code{redisExpire} function clear the timeout, removing the expiration.
20The \code{redisExpire} function can't set a new timeout value once a timeout
21has been set on a key.
22}
23\value{
24Boolean TRUE if the timeout command was successful, FALSE otherwise.
25}
26\references{
27http://redis.io/commands
28}
29\author{
30B. W. Lewis
31}
32\seealso{
33\code{\link{redisExpireAt}}
34}
35\examples{
36\dontrun{
37redisConnect()
38redisLPush('x',runif(5))
39redisExpire('x', 3)
40}
41}