timout binary question
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From: Mike Jones on 21 Jun 2010 18:50 Does the "timeout" binary come with Slackware 12.2? I seem to have lost it in my fresh install, and can't remember if it was something I added to my old installation or not. If its an extra, where is a reliable source for a 12.2 .tgz? Ta. -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Sylvain Robitaille on 22 Jun 2010 12:16 Mike Jones wrote: > Does the "timeout" binary come with Slackware 12.2? It looks to me like timeout was added in coreutils-7.x. I hope that helps ... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)encs.concordia.ca Systems analyst / AITS Concordia University Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Montreal, Quebec, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Mike Jones on 22 Jun 2010 12:56 Responding to Sylvain Robitaille: > Mike Jones wrote: > >> Does the "timeout" binary come with Slackware 12.2? > > It looks to me like timeout was added in coreutils-7.x. I hope that > helps ... A bit. (Ta!) I've got scripts I wrote that use timout, that failed in my fresh 12.2 install due to no timeout binary being available. I found the binary in / usr/bin in the old installation on another partition, but cannot recall how I got it. I have nothin in my backed up stuff, nothing to suggest it wasn't there to start with. If timeout is part of the 7.x series, it'll be a S13+ thing, not a 12.2 thing. Its looking as if I aquired the timeout binary from somewhere. I remain baffled, as I have no record or memory of doing this. Best "What did he do?" guess wins a biscuit! ;) -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Sylvain Robitaille on 22 Jun 2010 13:50 Mike Jones wrote: > .... I found the binary in / usr/bin in the old installation on > another partition, ... Does the old partition still have its /var/log/packages? You could grep through that to see if you upgraded the package at any time. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)encs.concordia.ca Systems analyst / AITS Concordia University Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Montreal, Quebec, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Mike Jones on 22 Jun 2010 16:58
Responding to Sylvain Robitaille: > Mike Jones wrote: > >> .... I found the binary in / usr/bin in the old installation on another >> partition, ... > > Does the old partition still have its /var/log/packages? You could grep > through that to see if you upgraded the package at any time. Old partition is still as last used ATM, and still grub bootable. No sign of a timout*.tgz though, nor anything in my /installs dir. I'm wondering if I've scavenged a binary from somewhere else? This isn't important, but it is a tease of a mystery. How does one get an app one needs without knowing about it? -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs. |