GNU_coreutils: Update originals to version 8.16.

[linuxjm/jm.git] / manual / GNU_coreutils / original / man1 / timeout.1

diff --git a/manual/GNU_coreutils/original/man1/timeout.1 b/manual/GNU_coreutils/original/man1/timeout.1
index be55d65..41654cf 100644 (file)
--- a/manual/GNU_coreutils/original/man1/timeout.1
+++ b/manual/GNU_coreutils/original/man1/timeout.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.35.
-.TH TIMEOUT "1" "April 2010" "GNU coreutils 8.5" "User Commands"
+.TH TIMEOUT "1" "March 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.16" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 timeout \- run a command with a time limit
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ Start COMMAND, and kill it if still running after DURATION.
 .PP
 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
 .HP
+\fB\-\-foreground\fR
+.IP
+When not running timeout directly from a shell prompt,
+allow COMMAND to read from the TTY and receive TTY signals.
+In this mode, children of COMMAND will not be timed out.
+.HP
 \fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kill\-after\fR=\fIDURATION\fR
 .IP
 also send a KILL signal if COMMAND is still running
@@ -23,8 +29,8 @@ this long after the initial signal was sent.
 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-signal\fR=\fISIGNAL\fR
 .IP
 specify the signal to be sent on timeout.
-SIGNAL may be a name like `HUP' or a number.
-See `kill \fB\-l\fR` for a list of signals
+SIGNAL may be a name like 'HUP' or a number.
+See 'kill \fB\-l\fR' for a list of signals
 .TP
 \fB\-\-help\fR
 display this help and exit
@@ -32,14 +38,17 @@ display this help and exit
 \fB\-\-version\fR
 output version information and exit
 .PP
-DURATION is an integer with an optional suffix:
-`s' for seconds(the default), `m' for minutes, `h' for hours or `d' for days.
+DURATION is a floating point number with an optional suffix:
+\&'s' for seconds (the default), 'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours or 'd' for days.
 .PP
 If the command times out, then exit with status 124.  Otherwise, exit
 with the status of COMMAND.  If no signal is specified, send the TERM
 signal upon timeout.  The TERM signal kills any process that does not
 block or catch that signal.  For other processes, it may be necessary to
-use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught.
+use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught.  If the
+KILL (9) signal is sent, the exit status is 128+9 rather than 124.
+.SH BUGS
+Some platforms don't curently support timeouts beyond 2038
 .SH AUTHOR
 Written by Padraig Brady.
 .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
@@ -51,7 +60,7 @@ General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
 .br
 Report timeout translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
 .br
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.