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32 .Nd run a command with a time limit
35 .Op Fl -signal Ar sig | Fl s Ar sig
36 .Op Fl -preserve-status
37 .Op Fl -kill-after Ar time | Fl k Ar time
50 is still running after
56 .Bl -tag -width "-k time, --kill-after time"
57 .It Fl -preserve-status
58 Always exits with the same status as
62 Do not propagate timeout to the
65 .It Fl s Ar sig , Fl -signal Ar sig
66 Specify the signal to send on timeout.
70 .It Fl k Ar time , Fl -kill-after Ar time
75 is still running after
77 after the first signal was sent.
83 can be integer or decimal numbers.
84 Values without unit symbols are interpreted as seconds.
86 Supported unit symbols are:
87 .Bl -tag -width indent -compact
98 If the timeout was not reached, the exit status of
102 If the timeout was reached and
104 is set, the exit status of
109 is not set, an exit status of 124 is returned.
113 exits after receiving a signal, the exit status returned is the signal number
118 is an invalid command, the exit status returned is 126.
122 is a non existing command, the exit status returned is 127.
124 If an invalid parameter is passed to
128 the exit status return is 125.
135 command first appeared in
138 .An Baptiste Daroussin Aq Mt bapt@FreeBSD.org
140 .An Vsevolod Stakhov Aq Mt vsevolod@FreeBSD.org