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mtimeout.1: Clarify handling of exit statuses.
author
Mark Wooding
<mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Sat, 2 May 2015 16:05:20 +0000
(17:05 +0100)
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Mark Wooding
<mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Sun, 17 May 2015 10:22:33 +0000
(11:22 +0100)
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diff --git
a/mtimeout.1
b/mtimeout.1
index 147b097bbe3eb1875a4220e2085a667f1ed8a89f..cc57a4aab5544070134551f6ec8893a2a73df275 100644
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--- a/
mtimeout.1
+++ b/
mtimeout.1
@@
-120,7
+120,7
@@
The
.B mtimeout
program sets its exit status as follows.
.TP
.B mtimeout
program sets its exit status as follows.
.TP
-0\(em127
+0\(em127
, 255
The child process ran to completion within the given time:
.BR mtimeout 's
exit status is the same as that of the child process.
The child process ran to completion within the given time:
.BR mtimeout 's
exit status is the same as that of the child process.
@@
-129,6
+129,12
@@
exit status is the same as that of the child process.
The child process exited in a way which
.B mtimeout
could not interpret.
The child process exited in a way which
.B mtimeout
could not interpret.
+(Whatever status the child exits with will be propagated;
+but if it exits with some status other than these then
+there is a risk that it will be conflict
+with a status used by
+.B mtimeout
+and be misinterpreted.)
.TP
129\(em250
The child process was killed by a signal: the exit status is 128 higher
.TP
129\(em250
The child process was killed by a signal: the exit status is 128 higher
@@
-156,9
+162,6
@@
was written to standard error.
A system call made by
.B mtimeout
failed unexpectedly: an error message was written to standard error.
A system call made by
.B mtimeout
failed unexpectedly: an error message was written to standard error.
-.TP
-255
-Not used.
.
.SH BUGS
Because
.
.SH BUGS
Because