David Korn wrote: > > Could anybody show me how to use the alarm command of ksh? > > I don't quiet understand the output of alarm --man: > > # alarm --man > > Usage: alarm [-r] [varname seconds] > > alarm hasn't been documented because it is not working in all cases. [snip]
What are these cases - is this a portabity issue (e.g. not working on all platforms) or something else ? ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
