I was integrating the timeout command into a shell script and realized the
manpage & the --help docs do not accurately describe how the tool works. In
addition, there appears to be a bug related to arguments passed. I am running
version 9.1.
According to the help screen, this command should wor
suggesting using a default SIGTERM if the -k or --kill-after=
is passed so that the duration is the actual argument that follows. If you
wanted to alter the signal, that’s where the -s flag comes in.
> On Apr 5, 2024, at 4:59 PM, Chris Elvidge wrote:
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> On 06/04/2024 at 13:43, Branden R. Williams wrote:
>> I understand this, but the manpage and the help file do not explain the
>> functionally this way. The manpage suggests that the following should work:
>> $ timeout -k 10s sleep 10
>> It does not beca
duration that the manpage and --help tell
you to pass.
Regards,
B
> On Apr 6, 2024, at 4:06 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
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> On Apr 05 2024, "Branden R. Williams" via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
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>> That’s not an accurate representation of what the command act
