The user needs to know what is a safe guess for an arbitrarily high number, i.e., the man page should state the legal range for NUMBER. 0 .. [WHAT?] Hmmm, on my system $ sleep 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 apparently works but I'm not going to wait around to find out.
Anyway give a statement there on the man page about how one can determine the highest value one can use on ones system. >>>>> "PE" == Paul Eggert <[email protected]> writes: PE> On 07/24/2014 08:43 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: >> Perhaps add an infinity option: >> $ sleep infinity PE> That already works. At least it works for me, as long as I cared to PE> test it.... And indeed it does! But who would ever guess? Please document it on the man page! Anyway, still mention what the legal range of values is too! $ strings /bin/sleep|grep -i infinity $
