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Preserve command exit code in timeout(3)

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Message #8 received at 6308 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Ángel González <keisial <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6308 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6308: Preserve command exit code in timeout(3)
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 13:26:01 +0100

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.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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