GNU bug report logs - #21760
timeout: Feature Request: --verbose ==> output if timeout was reached

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Thomas Güttler <guettliml <at> thomas-guettler.de>

Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:31:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #47 received at 21760 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ian Jackson <ijackson <at> chiark.greenend.org.uk>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 21760 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21760: timeout: Feature Request: --verbose ==> output if
 timeout
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 11:20:03 +0100

Pádraig Brady writes ("Re: bug#21760: timeout: Feature Request: --verbose ==> output if timeout"):
> Thanks for detailing your arguments, and +2 for the phrase:
> "runic shell circumlocutions will proliferate" :)

YW :-).

> So I'm leaning towards supporting --verbose which would output something like:
> 
>   timeout: aborting command 'blah' with signal SIGTERM
>   timeout: aborting command 'blah' with signal SIGKILL

Yes, please, that would do nicely.

Regards,
Ian.
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