On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 08:56:29AM +0000, Job Snijders wrote: > On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 07:23:26AM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > > .Ar time > > > -can be integer or decimal numbers. > > > +are positive integer or real (decimal) numbers, with an optional > > > > can you have a negative timeout? > > Negative values are not permitted > > $ timeout -- -1 /bin/ls > timeout: invalid duration: Undefined error: 0 > > Kind regards, > > Job >
sorry, i wasn;t totally clear: i understand that negative values are not permitted. but do we have to say it? i mean, you couldn;t expect to run a command with a negative timeout, right? the whole phrasing about what the timeout is is very precise, but hard to understand. i want to simplify it. so if no one could logically expect a negative timeout to work, why say it? i.e. the current man page does not say it. so i think the proposed change is not good. jmc
