diff --git a/usr.bin/timeout/timeout.1 b/usr.bin/timeout/timeout.1 index 87a86c81e6ee..27f022c48636 100644 --- a/usr.bin/timeout/timeout.1 +++ b/usr.bin/timeout/timeout.1 @@ -1,206 +1,206 @@ .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2014 Baptiste Daroussin .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 20, 2021 +.Dd October 21, 2021 .Dt TIMEOUT 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm timeout .Nd run a command with a time limit .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl -signal Ar sig | Fl s Ar sig .Op Fl -preserve-status .Op Fl -kill-after Ar time | Fl k Ar time .Op Fl -foreground .Ar duration .Ar command .Op Ar args ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm starts the .Ar command with its .Ar args . If the .Ar command is still running after .Ar duration , it is killed. By default, .Dv SIGTERM is sent. The special .Ar duration , zero, signifies no limit. Therefore a signal is never sent if .Ar duration is 0. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl -preserve-status Exit with the same status as .Ar command , even if it times out and is killed. .It Fl -foreground Do not propagate timeout to the children of .Ar command . .It Fl s Ar sig , Fl -signal Ar sig Specify the signal to send on timeout. By default, .Dv SIGTERM is sent. .It Fl k Ar time , Fl -kill-after Ar time Send a .Dv SIGKILL signal if .Ar command is still running after .Ar time after the first signal was sent. .El .Sh DURATION FORMAT .Ar duration and .Ar time are non-negative integer or real (decimal) numbers, with an optional unit-specifying suffix. Values without an explicit unit are interpreted as seconds. .Pp Supported unit symbols are: .Bl -tag -width indent -compact .It Cm s seconds .It Cm m minutes .It Cm h hours .It Cm d days .El .Sh EXIT STATUS If the timeout was not reached, the exit status of .Ar command is returned. .Pp If the timeout was reached and .Fl -preserve-status is set, the exit status of .Ar command is returned. If .Fl -preserve-status is not set, an exit status of 124 is returned. .Pp If .Ar command exits after receiving a signal, the exit status returned is the signal number plus 128. .Pp If .Ar command refers to a non-existing program, the exit status returned is 127. .Pp If .Ar command is an otherwise invalid program, the exit status returned is 126. .Pp If an invalid parameter is passed to .Fl s or .Fl k , the exit status returned is 125. .Sh EXAMPLES Run .Xr sleep 1 with a time limit of 4 seconds. Since the command completes in 2 seconds, the exit status is 0: .Bd -literal -offset indent $ timeout 4 sleep 2 $ echo $? 0 .Ed .Pp Run .Xr sleep 1 for 4 seconds and terminate process after 2 seconds. 124 is returned since no .Fl -preserve-status is used: .Bd -literal -offset indent $ timeout 2 sleep 4 $ echo $? 124 .Ed .Pp Same as above but preserving status. Exit status is 128 + signal number (15 for -.Va SIGTERM ) +.Va SIGTERM ) : .Bd -literal -offset indent $ timeout --preserve-status 2 sleep 4 $ echo $? 143 .Ed .Pp Same as above but sending .Va SIGALRM (signal number 14) instead of -.Va SIGTERM +.Va SIGTERM : .Bd -literal -offset indent $ timeout --preserve-status -s SIGALRM 2 sleep 4 $ echo $? 142 .Ed .Pp Try to .Xr fetch 1 the PDF version of the .Fx Handbook. Send a .Va SIGTERM signal after 1 minute and send a .Va SIGKILL signal 5 seconds later if the process refuses to stop: .Bd -literal -offset indent -timeout -k 5s 1m fetch \\ -https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/doc/en/books/handbook/book.pdf +$ timeout -k 5s 1m fetch \\ +> https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/doc/en/books/handbook/book.pdf .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr kill 1 , .Xr signal 3 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command first appeared in .Fx 10.3 . .Sh AUTHORS .An Baptiste Daroussin Aq Mt bapt@FreeBSD.org and .An Vsevolod Stakhov Aq Mt vsevolod@FreeBSD.org