From 265c4b83a81c643f3359be926ef8034f28f321ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:05:55 +0000 Subject: 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. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b12631b1e..5d0b77ef3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- * Noteworthy changes in release 7.0 (????-??-??) [beta] +** New programs + + timeout: Run a command with bounded time. + ** New features md5sum now accepts the new option, --quiet, to suppress the printing of -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf