summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/coreutils.texi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/coreutils.texi')
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index e2b105912..767a31e9c 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -15890,6 +15890,12 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}.
Options must precede operands.
@table @samp
+@item --preserve-status
+@opindex --preserve-status
+Return the exit status of the managed @var{command} on timeout, rather than
+a specific exit status indicating a timeout. This is useful if the
+managed @var{command} supports running for an indeterminite amount of time.
+
@item --foreground
@opindex --foreground
Don't create a separate background program group, so that