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doc: timeout --foreground: add clarification on exit status
authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:04:38 +0000 (22:04 +0100)
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:15:52 +0000 (22:15 +0100)
commitd085678bd6fefa7d8aa2d44f3b604785a9ad30f9
tree6e738c18dc044c3f24b12f3fe2bf90f3a4ede350
parent6cafb122fa214baa96a67fbbd2dab6c77a961e0a
doc: timeout --foreground: add clarification on exit status

* doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Add detail on
how --foreground allows timeout(1) to use more standard
exit status as the uncatchable SIGKILL is not sent to itself.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/51135
doc/coreutils.texi