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-rw-r--r--coreutils/timeout.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/timeout.c b/coreutils/timeout.c
index 4a6117f59..663303c2d 100644
--- a/coreutils/timeout.c
+++ b/coreutils/timeout.c
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
int signo;
int status;
int parent = 0;
- int timeout = 10;
+ unsigned timeout;
+ const char *timeout_s = "10";
pid_t pid;
#if !BB_MMU
char *sv1, *sv2;
@@ -63,11 +64,12 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
/* -t SECONDS; -p PARENT_PID */
/* '+': stop at first non-option */
- getopt32(argv, "+s:t:+" USE_FOR_NOMMU("p:+"), &opt_s, &timeout, &parent);
+ getopt32(argv, "+s:t:" USE_FOR_NOMMU("p:+"), &opt_s, &timeout_s, &parent);
/*argv += optind; - no, wait for bb_daemonize_or_rexec! */
signo = get_signum(opt_s);
if (signo < 0)
bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown signal '%s'", opt_s);
+ timeout = parse_duration_str((char*)timeout_s);
/* We want to create a grandchild which will watch
* and kill the grandparent. Other methods: