On 4/21/23 11:34 AM, Dale R. Worley wrote:
My interest here isn't "Can I accomplish this task with Bash?" but quite
literally, Can I make this a *feature* of Bash so I don't have to set up
the mechanics? (I already know of a couple of other ways to do it with
Bash.)
My point is that if it's easy enough -- and it is -- to do it without
adding features to bash itself, then there's not a compelling argument,
nor sufficient demand, to add more code to bash.
So then fleshing this out, let me ask: Is it reasonable to add an
optional timeout to the "wait" builtin using this mechanism?
See above.
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