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1 | .\" $Id: timeout.1,v 1.5 1999-01-22 23:16:24 ghudson 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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