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bug#9102: "timeout 0 FOO" should timeout right away
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Paul Eggert |
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Subject: |
bug#9102: "timeout 0 FOO" should timeout right away |
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Date: |
Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:34:02 -0700 |
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"sleep 0" sleeps for zero seconds, and "timeout 0 FOO"
should timeout in zero seconds as well. Currently,
it doesn't; it times out in an infinite number of seconds.
I see why, from the internals (alarm (0) is a special
call intended to cancel alarms). However, 'timeout' shouldn't
be exposing those internals to users; it should behave like
'sleep' does, as that's more consistent.
- bug#9102: "timeout 0 FOO" should timeout right away,
Paul Eggert <=