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authorJordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1996-09-06 05:24:05 +0000
committerJordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1996-09-06 05:24:05 +0000
commit619c58eea0231380a6bbdde5770568789a514567 (patch)
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parentd4b2a43950acbcece588e8197b004c436ce0a75e (diff)
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Add a timeout flag so that failing operations can at least be caught
and flagged. Closes PR#1513 Submitted-By: David Muir Sharnoff <muir@idiom.com>
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=18067
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diff --git a/usr.bin/rsh/rsh.1 b/usr.bin/rsh/rsh.1
index 0a578d6dec99..d19f38177f35 100644
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+++ b/usr.bin/rsh/rsh.1
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rsh
.Op Fl Kdnx
+.Op Fl t Ar timeout
.Op Fl k Ar realm
.Op Fl l Ar username
.Ar host
@@ -105,6 +106,11 @@ option turns on
.Tn DES
encryption for all data exchange.
This may introduce a significant delay in response time.
+.It Fl t
+The
+.Fl t
+option allows a timeout to be specified (in seconds). If no
+data is sent or received in this time, rsh will exit.
.El
.Pp
If no