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"timeout 0 FOO" should timeout right away

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Message #17 received at 9102 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 9102 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9102: "timeout 0 FOO" should timeout right away
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:08:14 -0700

On 07/17/11 05:31, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Well my reasoning for having "0" mean don't timeout,
> was to have an easy way in scripts to specify no timeout

That's a good thing to have, but it could be specified in
a different way.  One possibility is the '1' (digit 1) option,
e.g.,  "timeout -1 FOO".  Or if that's too clever, we could
use some other letter for the option.

> If we do I guess `timeout` should immediately exit(124).
> This change in behavior would need a mention in NEWS anyway.

Yes, that'd make sense.

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