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Re: no way to stop the time bomb "sleep 100; echo BOOM"?
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: no way to stop the time bomb "sleep 100; echo BOOM"? |
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Sun, 17 Feb 2002 12:40:36 -0500 |
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Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com> wrote:
> Fellas, I was a bit disturbed to find that there is apparently no way
> to stop the ticking time bomb:
>
> $ sleep 100;echo cant stop the time bomb... BOOM
Right. But FWIW:
$ ( sleep 100; echo interruptable boom )
> Oh, I bet this is some set -o thing that everybody else knows but me.
None that I know of, but I haven't checked the man page.
paul