On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 07:41:33PM -0800, Jack Coates scribbled:
> Works fine here.
> [jack@felix jack]$ bash --help
> GNU bash, version 2.04.12(1)-release-(i586-mandrake-linux-gnu)
>
> Is there a newer slackware package?
There's a slackball of 2.0.4b5, but I'll just compile the lastest
source.
> --
> Jack Coates
> Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner!
>
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 01:17:27PM -0800, Tom Eastep scribbled:
> > > Thus spoke David Douthitt:
> > > > I don't know. That "-t" option sure is missing alright: doesn't exist
> > > > in pdksh, tcsh, bash, or ash. You sure it exists? :-)
> > > >
> > > > What is it?
> > >
> > > It exists in bash
> > >
> > > -t <seconds>
> > >
> > > Causes the read to terminate after <seconds> seconds...
> >
> > Tom, thanks for coming to my rescue here, I had no proof to
> > back it up, and I didn't think you were reading this list.
> > :)
> >
> > However, I feel bad that I have to do this to you:
> >
> > -----
> >
> > cow:~$ bash --help
> > GNU bash, version 2.03.0(1)-release-(i386-slackware-linux-gnu)
> > Usage: bash [GNU long option] [option] ...
> > bash [GNU long option] [option] script-file ...
> > GNU long options:
> > --debug
> > --dump-po-strings
> > --dump-strings
> > --help
> > --login
> > --noediting
> > --noprofile
> > --norc
> > --posix
> > --rcfile
> > --restricted
> > --verbose
> > --version
> > --wordexp
> > Shell options:
> > -irsD or -c command (invocation only)
> > -abefhkmnptuvxBCHP or -o option
> > Type ash -c "help set"' for more information about shell options.
> > Type ash -c help' for more information about shell builtin commands.
> > Use the ashbug' command to report bugs.
> >
> > cow:~$ bash
> >
> > cow:~$ read -t 5 moocow
> > bash: read: illegal option: -t
> > read: usage: read [-r] [-p prompt] [-a array] [-e] [name ...]
> >
> > cow:~$
> >
> > -----
> >
> > There's a transcript of my attempt to use read -t, including
> > bash version info and added whitespace for readability.
> >
> > What bash version does it exist in, and on what distribution
> > is that bash shipped?
> >
> > > -Tom
> > > --
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