| Subject: | timeout |
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| From: | Mike <michael.h.williamson@xxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:38:26 -0700 (PDT) |
| Newsgroups: | gnu.bash.bug |
Hi, I have a question.
Why is the "timeout" command disappearing from recent Linux
distributions?
I am referring to the command that allows a time limit to be set for
another command:
# timeout 10 ftp ...
It is useful to me.
I don't think it is a bash built-in command, but why not?
Thanks,
-Mike
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