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

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 l

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 ne