Timeout for a shell command?

[Mark Smith]

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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