Re: timeout.9: fix description
On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 06:16:35AM -0500, Scott Cheloha wrote: > I rewrote this page a year or so ago but I > think I dropped the patch due to lack of > developer input. If you give me 12 hours I > will send it out for your consideration. Sure, no hurry, I'll look at it. > I would send it sooner, but I accidentally cut > the fiber-optic cable with a shovel last night, > so we all need to wait until this afternoon for > AT&T to replace it. Just don't dig your own grave!
Re: timeout.9: fix description
> On Jul 22, 2022, at 05:50, Klemens Nanni wrote: > > NAME has it right: >... – execute a function after a specified period of time > > but DESCRIPTION says something else: >The timeout API provides a mechanism to execute a function >at a given time. > > The latter reads as if I could pass a specific point in time, e.g. > Fri Jul 22 16:00:00 UTC 2022, at which a function should be run. > > But this API is about timeouts, i.e. a duration of time like 10s, > which does not my understanding of "at a given time". > > > So reuse NAME's wording and make it a proper sentence. > > Feedback? OK? I rewrote this page a year or so ago but I think I dropped the patch due to lack of developer input. If you give me 12 hours I will send it out for your consideration. I would send it sooner, but I accidentally cut the fiber-optic cable with a shovel last night, so we all need to wait until this afternoon for AT&T to replace it.
timeout.9: fix description
NAME has it right: ... – execute a function after a specified period of time but DESCRIPTION says something else: The timeout API provides a mechanism to execute a function at a given time. The latter reads as if I could pass a specific point in time, e.g. Fri Jul 22 16:00:00 UTC 2022, at which a function should be run. But this API is about timeouts, i.e. a duration of time like 10s, which does not my understanding of "at a given time". So reuse NAME's wording and make it a proper sentence. Feedback? OK? Index: timeout.9 === RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man9/timeout.9,v retrieving revision 1.55 diff -u -p -r1.55 timeout.9 --- timeout.9 22 Jun 2022 14:10:49 - 1.55 +++ timeout.9 22 Jul 2022 10:41:54 - @@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm timeout -API provides a mechanism to execute a function at a given time. +API provides a mechanism to execute a function after a specified period of +time has elapsed. The granularity of the time is limited by the granularity of the .Xr hardclock 9 timer which executes
