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Re: timeout
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Eric Blake |
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Re: timeout |
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Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:20:49 +0000 (UTC) |
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Mike <michael.h.williamson <at> gmail.com> writes:
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> Hi, I have a question.
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> 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:
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> # 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