new program: timeout

* AUTHORS: Register as the author.
* NEWS: Mention this change.
* README: Add timeout command to list.
* src/timeout.c: New file.
* src/kill.c (operand2sig): Move function to its own file,
now that timeout.c will also use it.
* src/operand2sig.c (operand2sig): New file, extracted from kill.c.
* src/operand2sig.h (operand2sig): Declare.
* src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Add timeout.
* src/.gitignore: Add timeout binary to list to ignore.
* doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Add timeout info.
(Signal specifications): New section, also referenced by kill.
* man/Makefile.am (timeout.1): Add dependency.
* man/timeout.x: New file.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add timeout.c and operand2sig.c to list to translate.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add the two new tests.
* tests/misc/help-version: Add support for new timeout command.
* tests/misc/invalid-opt: Add support for new timeout command.
* tests/misc/timeout: New file: check basic timeout operation.
* tests/misc/timeout-parameters: New file: check invalid parameter
combinations.

1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/misc/timeout b/tests/misc/timeout
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7f52f6e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/misc/timeout
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Validate timeout basic operation
+
+# Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
+  set -x
+  timeout --version
+fi
+
+. $srcdir/test-lib.sh
+
+fail=0
+
+# no timeout
+timeout 1 true || fail=1
+
+# no timeout (suffix check)
+timeout 1d true || fail=1
+
+# disabled timeout
+timeout 0 true || fail=1
+
+# exit status propagation
+timeout 1 false && fail=1
+
+# timeout
+timeout 1 sleep 2
+test $? = 110 || fail=1
+
+(exit $fail); exit $fail