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Preserve command exit code in timeout(3)

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Message #40 received at 6308 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 6308 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Ángel González <keisial <at> gmail.com>,
	Thomas Krennwallner <tkren <at> kr.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: bug#6308: Preserve command exit code in timeout(3)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:10:40 +0000

On 10/29/2012 10:07 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> These days, I prefer more expressive option names.  As long as a short
> prefix is unique, length doesn't really matter.  Here, --p is enough.
> However, --preserve-status seems ok, too.  There is precedent for
> using "status" to mean "exit status" with md5sum's --status option.
> Your call.

I've a slight preference for --preserve-status so.

thanks,
Pádraig.

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