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Preserve command exit code in timeout(3)

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6308: closed (Preserve command exit code in timeout(3))
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2012 02:00:02 +0000

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and subject line Re: bug#6308: Preserve command exit code in timeout(3)
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From: "Ángel González" <keisial <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Preserve command exit code in timeout(3)
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 02:15:20 +0200

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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.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: Ángel González <keisial <at> gmail.com>,
	6308-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Thomas Krennwallner <tkren <at> kr.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: bug#6308: Preserve command exit code in timeout(3)
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:56:30 +0000

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On 10/29/2012 11:10 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 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.

I'm pushing the attached so marking this done.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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