Timeout for a shell command?

[Jim Ault]

The following does not work, but the one after does

curl -s -k -d  -m 10  --not

curl -s -k -m 10 -d  --looks good, 10 second timeout

Jim Ault
Las Vegs


On 8/24/06 11:57 AM, "Jim Ault" <JimAultWins at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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