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Re: time builtin handles backgrounding poorly
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: time builtin handles backgrounding poorly |
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Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:16:49 -0400 |
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Jack Lloyd wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 10:21:26PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
>> `time' is not a builtin; it is a shell reserved word that causes timing
>> information to be printed when `waitpid' returns. It's a synchronous
>> operation that doesn't interact as you'd like with job control.
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> Ah, I see. Is there any recommended way to disable time entirely?
Reconfigure bash with `--disable-command-timing' and rebuild.
Chet
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