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authorKarel Zak2011-04-12 11:50:00 +0200
committerKarel Zak2011-04-12 11:50:00 +0200
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parentwall: cleanup mbufsize usage (diff)
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wall: support --timeout switch (vol 2.)
This is the rest of the commit cae7485e59299c4b70ea7e1c7a4206df416701dc the original patch was committed without man page and Makefile changes. Sorry. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm wall
.Op Ar -n
+.Op Ar -t TIMEOUT
.Op Ar file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Wall
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ and the program is suid or sgid.
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl n, Fl Fl nobanner
Supress banner
+.It Fl t, Fl Fl timeout Ar TIMEOUT
+Write timeout to terminals in seconds. Argument must be positive
+integer. Default value is 300 seconds, which is a legacy from
+time when people ran terminals over modem lines.
.It Fl V, Fl Fl version
Output version and exit.
.It Fl h, Fl Fl help