Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:32:08 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CFR] Specify the lock(1) timeout unit Message-ID: <20041021143208.GA769@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20041021113709.GB7732@straylight.m.ringlet.net> References: <20041021113709.GB7732@straylight.m.ringlet.net>
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--opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.10.21 14:37:10 +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > Here's a little patch that teaches lock(1) about timeouts specified in > seconds, hours, or days in addition to the minutes it currently assumes. > I could commit this in a week if there are no objections. Wouldn't it be more natural to just append the time-unit type to the argument given to -t, e.g. "-t 10s" or "-t 10h". That just seem like the more intuitive way to handle it to me... Note: this is a suggestion, not an objection to the original patch. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBd8hoh9pcDSc1mlERAtkFAKCAbSdC+18o+yBlvvB1d1Yo7+HxtwCgw2O3 1PRCOkEi6/HYZ0v0l3B1DU0= =yQAS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga--
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