X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:date:message-id:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; q=dns; s=default; b=VcJ Ro8RqfDdntv63xcBSspCNlc54KaLYv/MD5SaXcQjHTYX9XsE4Uyp8T2YpCzsN13w X/PNLYTcYWOTEsF1N72dxApHcwvJcN10lAnPAga9cj9W6phH43MBPOCuYWHCrice pIFHc8W60SvSEyM45fJ/wE+yjhxPQ9RIzFswLEUI= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:date:message-id:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; s=default; bh=SVlquZ+AI pIpz+xafP4LAphDT4Y=; b=WYtEjaX8ojIZeiex0hxa0HMImP5DqpGagRtlELou1 IyfrbiOn5vjfmzx4fprE696cw5UfKqhXkMZbJCfVa5Yob5Fx1j41Ze/e9Dz0L3CL jqzg1MIbx+xz+lqEMm7XABzXGjyfpGi4DjSKGfTcXJJItZLt3c8fcEacuDPcUyEs WA= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*M:namprd03, H*MI:namprd03 X-HELO: NAM01-BY2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com From: Diego Pazos To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Subject: Problem with timeout command from bash Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:32:28 +0000 Message-ID: dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 10.0.260.4 dlp-reaction: no-action authentication-results: spf=none (sender IP is ) smtp.mailfrom=DiegoP2 AT VERIFONE DOT com; x-ms-publictraffictype: Email x-microsoft-exchange-diagnostics: 1;BN6PR03MB2610;7:c7OBXplrgRYp5U2Co3102dfl5dOtYu3s+pFXHfA8vIqN//7dl7Bb1ytW90GfukzZ256Dg9WIeT5JJxL/Hoahk2tpl8Pm81oVnCBa6B9FmFbye7p+lS4fnZlrvuyco7RJ16GBxCfsuGHGBOT8Sx2kQQDPFq+cBbjwxF2egjpOIv+j9QmfxXv0S/9uSpLRQFz9L3AW6fC87tDzcYAginirgKxuRgi618bNhac2m9PKfa+mPJFLS0YSb9tOR92JsLyv x-ms-office365-filtering-ht: Tenant x-ms-office365-filtering-correlation-id: 31b03304-11a5-44c8-b07a-08d577adfc32 x-microsoft-antispam: UriScan:;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:(7020095)(4652020)(48565401081)(4534165)(4627221)(201703031133081)(201702281549075)(5600026)(4604075)(3008032)(2017052603307)(7153060)(7193020);SRVR:BN6PR03MB2610; x-ms-traffictypediagnostic: BN6PR03MB2610: x-microsoft-antispam-prvs: x-exchange-antispam-report-test: UriScan:; x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:(6040501)(2401047)(5005006)(8121501046)(3002001)(93006095)(93001095)(3231101)(944501161)(10201501046)(6055026)(6041288)(20161123558120)(20161123562045)(20161123560045)(201703131423095)(201702281528075)(20161123555045)(201703061421075)(201703061406153)(20161123564045)(6072148)(201708071742011);SRVR:BN6PR03MB2610;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BN6PR03MB2610; x-forefront-prvs: 0588B2BD96 x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM;SFS:(10009020)(39380400002)(376002)(346002)(366004)(396003)(39860400002)(199004)(189003)(51874003)(2900100001)(8676002)(1730700003)(2501003)(7696005)(74316002)(81166006)(81156014)(9686003)(5640700003)(478600001)(55016002)(106356001)(33656002)(6436002)(99286004)(53936002)(25786009)(8936002)(14454004)(186003)(72206003)(2351001)(5660300001)(2906002)(68736007)(102836004)(7736002)(26005)(6506007)(77096007)(66066001)(3280700002)(3660700001)(105586002)(97736004)(305945005)(316002)(3846002)(86362001)(6116002)(6916009)(460985005);DIR:OUT;SFP:1101;SCL:1;SRVR:BN6PR03MB2610;H:BN6PR03MB2596.namprd03.prod.outlook.com;FPR:;SPF:None;PTR:InfoNoRecords;A:1;MX:1;LANG:en; received-spf: None (protection.outlook.com: VERIFONE.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) x-microsoft-antispam-message-info: t4NY8gA+ur9B2V1tg+3F8HC18pTMQ4d48CnF8sa0eHRKX69yqp18A6BcW/v3IgffaTGECxJViQ0oUgDZHG28JlPe1nNeZBqIMxNjLOzgBKFg3b/TGTdiAiaLayexPSQooqC8JwuXnL8HIS2ThVMbzQE3gTc1lQ19/Iz0yxxGUkw= spamdiagnosticoutput: 1:99 spamdiagnosticmetadata: NSPM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: verifone.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: 31b03304-11a5-44c8-b07a-08d577adfc32 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 19 Feb 2018 15:32:28.5458 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 611a22d6-8c40-4958-84e3-ce47d8205d98 X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BN6PR03MB2610 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id w1JFWgKp011623 Whenever I try to run the timeout command from bash, it appears like it's being relayed to cmd.exe's internal timeout command. Attempting to run "timeout 123 ls" from bash throws: ERROR: Invalid syntax. Default option is not allowed more than '1' time(s). Type "TIMEOUT /?" for usage. Running the same command from the Cygwin command prompt works as expected. Am I doing anything wrong? Thanks in advance. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple