Timeout for a shell command?

[Jim Ault]

Thanks, I did not see that in the docs.. must have been late and my eyes...
oh well.

Jim Ault
Las Vegas


On 8/24/06 2:42 AM, "Mark Smith" <mark at maseurope.net> wrote:

> Jim, from the curl manual:
> 
> --connect-timeout <seconds>
>                Maximum time in seconds that you allow  the
> connection  to  the
>                server  to  take.   This  only limits the connection
> phase, once
>                curl has connected this option is of no more use. See
> also  the
>                -m/--max-time option.
> 
> 
> 
> -m/--max-time <seconds>
>                Maximum time in seconds that you allow the  whole
> operation  to
>                take.   This is useful for preventing your batch jobs
> from hang-
>                ing for hours due to slow networks or links  going
> down.   This
>                doesn't  work  fully  in win32 systems.  See also the
> --connect-
>                timeout option.
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Matk
> 
> On 24 Aug 2006, at 03:43, Jim Ault wrote:
> 
>> Currently I use a shell command to submit a curl -1 -k -d  to a
>> server and
>> once every 3 to 4 days it will 'hang' waiting for a response.
>> There seems
>> to be no timeout in effect.  Obviously I would like to know if
>> there is a
>> way to adjust this, since the handler will behave as though it were
>> in an
>> infinite loop.
>> 
>> In the IDE version, cmd-period will interrupt this, but not sure
>> what will
>> work in the compiled version.
>> 
>> OSX 10.4.4.6, Mac mini solo, Rev 2.7.2
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Jim Ault
>> Las Vegas
>> 
>> 
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