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

[Kim Hansen]

2010/3/16 Pádraig Brady <address@hidden>:
> I've added a --kill-delay option in the attached,
> so you should get the operation you require like:
>
>  timeout -k1 1h command
>
> That gives a 1 second grace period after a TERM signal is sent
> (either from the timer or from explicitly terminating the timeout command)
> before the command is killed.

I have had the time now to test this change, and it does solve my
problem in a really nice way.

Thanks a lot,
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