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| 1 | .\" $Header: /afs/dev.mit.edu/source/repository/athena/etc/xdm/xlogin/timeout.1,v 1.4 1991-06-28 20:27:26 probe Exp $ |
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| 2 | .TH TIMEOUT 1 "16 November 1990" |
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| 3 | .ds ]W MIT Project Athena |
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| 4 | .SH NAME |
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| 5 | timeout \- run an application and force it to exit if the user is inactive |
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| 6 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 7 | .nf |
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| 8 | timeout seconds application command line |
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| 9 | .fi |
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| 10 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 11 | \fITimeout\fR will execute the specified command line. If the user does |
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| 12 | not type anything for \fIseconds\fR seconds, \fItimeout\fR will kill |
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| 13 | the application and then exit itself. If the application exits before |
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| 14 | it has been idle too long, \fItimeout\fR will exit as well. |
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| 15 | |
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| 16 | .SH EXAMPLE |
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| 17 | .nf |
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| 18 | timeout 60 olh -tty |
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| 19 | .fi |
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| 20 | This will run OnLine Help in terminal mode, and force it to quit if |
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| 21 | the user goes for more than 1 minute without typing anything. |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS |
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| 24 | .nf |
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| 25 | timeout: Failed to exec application ... |
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| 26 | .fi |
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| 27 | This is printed if it can't find the application. Make sure you |
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| 28 | specify the complete path name. |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | .nf |
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| 31 | MAX IDLE TIME REACHED. |
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| 32 | .fi |
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| 33 | This is printed just before \fItimeout\fR kills the application. |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | .SH AUTHOR |
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| 36 | Mark Rosenstein, MIT Project Athena |
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| 37 | .br |
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| 38 | Copyright (c) 1990 Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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