GNU bug report logs - #8938
make timeout and CTRL-C

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: shay shimony <shayshim <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 8.13

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 8938 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8938: make timeout and CTRL-C
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:19:24 -0700

I'd like to have an option to 'timeout' so that
it merely calls alarm(2) and then execs COMMAND.
This would be simple and fast would avoid the problem
in question.  This approach has its own issues, but
when it works it works great, and it'd be a nice option.
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