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| -rw-r--r-- | src/timeout.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/timeout.c b/src/timeout.c index 6d9d10912..e4b170445 100644 --- a/src/timeout.c +++ b/src/timeout.c @@ -153,12 +153,11 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); fputs (_("\n\ -If the command times out, then we exit with status 124,\n\ -otherwise the normal exit status of the command is returned.\n\ -If no signal is specified, the TERM signal is sent. The TERM signal\n\ -will kill processes which do not catch this signal. For other processes,\n\ -it may be necessary to use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot\n\ -be caught.\n"), stdout); +If the command times out, then exit with status 124. Otherwise, exit\n\ +with the status of COMMAND. If no signal is specified, send the TERM\n\ +signal upon timeout. The TERM signal kills any process that does not\n\ +block or catch that signal. For other processes, it may be necessary to\n\ +use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught.\n"), stdout); emit_bug_reporting_address (); } exit (status); |