Index: trunk/ippTools/src/pzgetexp.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/pzgetexp.c	(revision 17908)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/pzgetexp.c	(revision 18762)
@@ -74,4 +74,7 @@
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_STR(uri, config->args, "-uri", true, false);
 
+    //optional
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_S32(timeout, config->args, "-timeout", false, false);
+
     // find last fileset/exp_name (if we have one)
     bool haveLastFileSet = false;
@@ -110,4 +113,7 @@
     } else {
         psStringAppend(&cmd, "%s --uri %s", PRODUCT_LS_CMD, uri);
+    }
+    if (timeout) {
+        psStringAppend(&cmd, " --timeout %d", timeout);
     }
 
