timeout(1,3x,3x cbreak)(1) Netatalk timeout(1,3x,3x cbreak)(1) NAME timeout(1,3x,3x cbreak) - Send a signal(2,7) to a program after a certain time(1,2,n) SYNTAX timeout(1,3x,3x cbreak) [-s signal(2,7)] seconds program [args] DESCRIPTION timeout(1,3x,3x cbreak) executes a program (with arguments args) and sends a signal(2,7) to it after a certain amount of seconds. OPTIONS -s signal(2,7) Signal to send(2,n) to the spawned process. This can be a numerical or symbolic ID. This defaults to TERM. EXAMPLES timeout(1,3x,3x cbreak) 10 pap foo.ps Execute "pap foo.ps" and send(2,n) a SIGTERM if(3,n) pap doesn't return after 10 seconds. timeout(1,3x,3x cbreak) -s HUP 60 sh Spawn a shell and send(2,n) a hangup signal(2,7) after one minute. timeout(1,3x,3x cbreak) -s 9 10 evilprog Execute a program and KILL it if(3,n) it doesn't quit after 10 sec- onds. 2.0.3 19 Jul 2001 timeout(1,3x,3x cbreak)(1)