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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 1ab8a92e9..424446c25 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -15658,6 +15658,23 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. Options must precede operands. @table @samp +@itemx --foreground +@opindex --foreground +Don't create a separate background program group, so that +the managed @var{command} can use the foreground TTY normally. +This is needed to support timing out commands not started +directly from an interactive shell, in two situations. +@enumerate +@item +@var{command} is interactive and needs to read from the terminal for example +@item +the user wants to support sending signals directly to @var{command} +from the terminal (like Ctrl-C for example) +@end enumerate + +Note in this mode of operation, any children of @var{command} +will not be timed out. + @item -k @var{duration} @itemx --kill-after=@var{duration} @opindex -k |