Timeout for a shell command?

[Jim Ault]

In an earlier post I pointed out that the only order that works (for me) are
these three switches as

curl -s  -k  -d

and now ..
curl -s  -k  -m 10 -d

Jim Ault 
Las Vegas


On 8/24/06 2:07 PM, "Mark Smith" <mark at maseurope.net> wrote:

> Interesting...might explain some mysterious things I experienced a
> little while ago.
> Thanks for pointing it out.
> 
> best,
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 24 Aug 2006, at 21:14, Jim Ault wrote:
> 
>> 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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