Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks... but still I'd like to know if it's possible to use a shell > script with a timeout, in general.
Have a look at /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/scripts/timeout.gz (in package 'bash-doc'). hth, moritz -- Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.chaosdorf.de/moritz/ Debian/GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org/ http://www.gnu.org/ GPG fingerprint = 3A14 3923 15BE FD57 FC06 B501 0841 2D7B 6F98 4199