Subject: bug#70219: Bug/Issue with timeout and signals

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2024 11:06:49 +0200

On Apr 05 2024, "Branden R. Williams" via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:

> That’s not an accurate representation of what the command actually does. The argument after -k MUST be the kill signal code, without the code the command fails. The manpage and help document agree with what you are saying but the execution of the program fails. 

$ timeout -k USR1 1s sleep 10
timeout: invalid time interval ‘USR1’
Try 'timeout --help' for more information.
$ timeout -s KILL 1s sleep 10
Killed

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