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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2011-07-18 10:49:17 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2011-07-25 12:00:26 +0100
commitaeb5222a6d7f7e9be5b737e2dbaf71185a9946db (patch)
tree662bc2fd206d7ff948efa26f255a7eea819d6e6c /tests
parent42c4ba6ceb638e3b624cbf03e0e0da44691f620c (diff)
downloadcoreutils-aeb5222a6d7f7e9be5b737e2dbaf71185a9946db.tar.xz
timeout: support sub-second timeouts
* src/timeout.c (settimeout): A new function to convert from a floating point duration and call alarm() or timer_settime() if that's available. (parse_duration): Return a double rather than unsigned int. (usage): Mention floating point is supported. (main): Pass the double to settimeout() rather than calling alarm() directly with the parsed int. (cleanup): Likewise. * doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Say floating point timeouts now supported, and mention the caveat with resolution. * bootstrap.conf: Include the timer-time gnulib module. * tests/misc/timeout-parameters: Add a test with nanoseconds. * NEWS: Mention the improvement.
Diffstat (limited to 'tests')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/misc/timeout-parameters b/tests/misc/timeout-parameters
index 56804a808..e34a72807 100755
--- a/tests/misc/timeout-parameters
+++ b/tests/misc/timeout-parameters
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ test $? = 0 || fail=1
timeout 2.34e+5d sleep 0
test $? = 0 || fail=1
+# nanoseconds potentially supported
+timeout .999999999 sleep 0 || fail=1
+
# invalid signal spec
timeout --signal=invalid 1 sleep 0
test $? = 125 || fail=1