* Keith O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-04-26 16:29 +0200: > Andre, > > > I have a shell script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ that synchronizes the system > > clock with time servers via rdate. Sometimes the servers can't be > > reached, and the rest of my scripts are blocked. Is there a way to say: > > "You have at most 10 seconds to complete this command, or fail"? > > When I asked in newsgroups about setting up rdate, I was howled at > and told that I should not even consider rdate, but that i should use > ntp. I do now and time setting is a problem of the past. > > Have a look at ntp - you may be attempting to solve the wrong problem!
Thanks... but still I'd like to know if it's possible to use a shell script with a timeout, in general. Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
