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Subject: timeout
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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