Subject: bug#21760: timeout: Feature Request: --verbose ==> output if timeout was reached

From: Thomas Güttler <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:26:13 +0100

Am 26.10.2015 um 12:44 schrieb Pádraig Brady:
>
> I've not sure there is enough distinct actions within timeout(1) to warrant --verbose?
> How about doing this in the script?
>
>    timeout 1s ping localhost
>    test $? = 124 && echo { 'ping timed out'; exit 1; }
>

The issue was already closed with "wontfix". This leads me to the
conclusion that your are not interested in my answer.

Was your "How about doing this in the script?" really a question?

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