Re: Timeout for shell script
Andre,
> I have a shell script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ that synchronizes the system
> clock with time servers via rdate. Sometimes the servers can't be
> reached, and the rest of my scripts are blocked. Is there a way to say:
> "You have at most 10 seconds to complete this command, or fail"?
When I asked in newsgroups about setting up rdate, I was howled at
and told that I should not even consider rdate, but that i should use
ntp. I do now and time setting is a problem of the past.
Have a look at ntp - you may be attempting to solve the wrong problem!
Keith
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