timeout
Hi, I have a question. Why is the "timeout" command disappearing from recent Linux distributions? I am referring to the command that allows a time limit to be set for another command: # timeout 10 ftp ... It is useful to me. I don't think it is a bash built-in command, but why not? Thanks, -Mike
Re: timeout
Mike wrote: Hi, I have a question. Why is the "timeout" command disappearing from recent Linux distributions? [...] I don't think it is a bash built-in command, but why not? No demand. It's so trivial to do as a separate command. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
Re: timeout
Mike gmail.com> writes: > > Hi, I have a question. > > Why is the "timeout" command disappearing from recent Linux > distributions? > I am referring to the command that allows a time limit to be set for > another command: > > # timeout 10 ftp ... You may be interested to know that the next coreutils release (post 6.12, currently slated to be named coreutils 7.0) will include a timeout command. You can search the bug-coreutils archives for links to snapshots that already have this command available to replace the version dropped in your distro. -- Eric Blake
