.B mtimeout
.RB [ \-s
.IR signal ]
-.I seconds
+.I time
.I command
.RI [ arguments ...]
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B mtimeout
-command runs a specified program for at most a given number of
-.IR seconds .
+command runs a specified program for at most a given amount of
+.IR time .
+The
+.I time
+may be fractional (with a decimal point), and may be followed by a unit
+suffix:
+.RB ` s '
+for seconds,
+.RB ` m '
+for minutes,
+.RB ` h '
+for hours, and
+.RB ` d '
+for days.
.PP
It works by running the given command as a separate process group. It
then waits either for the top-level process (only) to exit, or for the