LINGER

This option applies to concurrent licenses held in license files and trusted storage.

LINGER feature[:keyword=value] seconds

A lingering license stays checked out for a specified period of time beyond its checkin or FlexEnabled application exit, whichever comes first. The linger time may have been configured by the software publisher in the FlexEnabled application. When this is the case, then the longer linger time is applied. Thus you can set a longer linger time than configured by the software publisher but not shorten the linger time.

In case, if the set linger time of a user is more than the feature expiration time, a warning will be displayed stating "Linger time overlaps expiration time", as the user can not use a feature after its expiration time. Hence the linger time is automatically reset to end on the expiration time of the feature.

LINGER Terms

Term	Definition
feature	Name of the feature.
keyword=value	Feature name modifier to denote a group of licenses. See Specifying Features for details.
seconds	Number of seconds the license lingers. The software publisher sets a minimum value. If you specify a value for seconds that is smaller than the minimum, the minimum is used.

For example, the following option syntax sets the linger value for feature f1 to one hour (3600 seconds):

LINGER f1 3600

The actual linger time varies somewhat since the vendor daemon checks all lingering licenses just once per minute. Also if a new license request is made that would otherwise be denied, a check of the lingering licenses is made immediately to attempt to satisfy the new request.