Re: What signal should timeout send when it gets a SIGTERM?

[Kim Hansen]

On 2010-03-08, Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Also what about the case where a command usually
> behaves normally and exits when it gets a TERM,
> but sometimes it hangs and needs a KILL which
> you specify with timeout. You wouldn't want to
> change the TERM into a KILL in that case.

That is actually exactly my case, but I could live with sending it a
KILL all the time.

>
> Perhaps we could handle all cases with
> the equivalent of:
>
> if (sig==TERM && user_sig==KILL) {
>    send(sig); /* give chance to term gracefully */
>    sleep(1);
>    send(KILL); /* nuke it from orbit */
> }

Good idea, that would solve all my problems, and at the same time it
changes the interface for other users very little. A SIGNALS section
in the man page explainig this might also be a good idea.

Can you tell me what version of coreutils this change will end up in?

Thanks,
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