coreutils/man/timeout.x

[NAME]
timeout \- run a command with a time limit
[DESCRIPTION]
.\" Add any additional description here
[SEE ALSO]
kill(1)
[BUGS]
Some platforms don't currently support timeouts beyond the year 2038.
new program: timeout * AUTHORS: Register as the author. * NEWS: Mention this change. * README: Add timeout command to list. * src/timeout.c: New file. * src/kill.c (operand2sig): Move function to its own file, now that timeout.c will also use it. * src/operand2sig.c (operand2sig): New file, extracted from kill.c. * src/operand2sig.h (operand2sig): Declare. * src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Add timeout. * src/.gitignore: Add timeout binary to list to ignore. * doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Add timeout info. (Signal specifications): New section, also referenced by kill. * man/Makefile.am (timeout.1): Add dependency. * man/timeout.x: New file. * po/POTFILES.in: Add timeout.c and operand2sig.c to list to translate. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add the two new tests. * tests/misc/help-version: Add support for new timeout command. * tests/misc/invalid-opt: Add support for new timeout command. * tests/misc/timeout: New file: check basic timeout operation. * tests/misc/timeout-parameters: New file: check invalid parameter combinations. 2008-03-28 11:05:55 +00:00			`[NAME]`
			`timeout \- run a command with a time limit`
			`[DESCRIPTION]`
			`.\" Add any additional description here`
			`[SEE ALSO]`
			`kill(1)`
tests: avoid a false positive due to overflow on Linux/HPPA * tests/misc/timeout-parameters: Verify that the timer doesn't fire immediately in the problematic range, and avoid overflow checks in that case. * man/timeout.x: Mention the possible bug. Reported by Bruno Haible 2012-01-04 23:33:20 +00:00			`[BUGS]`
doc: Fixed typo in timeout man page * man/timeout.x: Correct spelling of "currently". Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/26762 2017-05-03 14:37:56 +03:00			`Some platforms don't currently support timeouts beyond the year 2038.`