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1.\" $Id: timeout.1,v 1.5 1999-01-22 23:16:24 ghudson Exp $
2.TH TIMEOUT 1 "16 November 1990"
3.ds ]W MIT Project Athena
4.SH NAME
5timeout \- run an application and force it to exit if the user is inactive
6.SH SYNOPSIS
7.nf
8timeout seconds application command line
9.fi
10.SH DESCRIPTION
11\fITimeout\fR will execute the specified command line.  If the user does
12not type anything for \fIseconds\fR seconds, \fItimeout\fR will kill
13the application and then exit itself.  If the application exits before
14it has been idle too long, \fItimeout\fR will exit as well.
15
16.SH EXAMPLE
17.nf
18timeout 60 olh -tty
19.fi
20This will run OnLine Help in terminal mode, and force it to quit if
21the user goes for more than 1 minute without typing anything.
22
23.SH DIAGNOSTICS
24.nf
25timeout: Failed to exec application ...
26.fi
27This is printed if it can't find the application.  Make sure you
28specify the complete path name.
29
30.nf
31MAX IDLE TIME REACHED.
32.fi
33This is printed just before \fItimeout\fR kills the application.
34
35.SH AUTHOR
36Mark Rosenstein, MIT Project Athena
37.br
38Copyright (c) 1990 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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