GNU bug report logs - #6308
Preserve command exit code in timeout(3)

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "Ángel González" <keisial <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 00:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Ángel González <keisial <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 6308 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6308: Preserve command exit code in timeout(3)
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:54:18 +0100
tags 6308 moreinfo
thanks

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 30/05/10 01:15, Ángel González wrote:
>> I wanted to keep the original exit status of the command run by
>> timeout(3), even after sending a timeout signal.
>> Thus I added a --exit-status parameter to it. Here it is in case you
>> find that useful, too.
>
> Thanks very much for the patch.
> At first thought it seems like a very unusual use case.
> Can you describe your use in a bit more detail to
> help us determine if this is generally useful.

Thanks again for the patch.
However, without justification, well... it won't go far.
Can you describe how the new behavior is useful to you?

It's been 18 months, now...




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