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Re: zsh: read with timeout?

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From: Vinnie Shelton <shelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: sverre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sverre Slotte)
Subject: Re: zsh: read with timeout?
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 08:37:57 -0500
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In-reply-to: sverre's message of Thu, 09 Nov 1995 10:18:42 +0200. <9511090818.AA23545@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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In message <9511090818.AA23545@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Sverre Slotte wrote:
>Is there a way to give the read-command (in zsh) a timeout-value? 

I don't know of any way to get zsh to do this.
I would get expect from ftp.cme.nist.gov:/pub/expect.
It's really designed to handle timeouts and make decisions
based on returned values, and..... all kinds of neat stuff.

--vin

References:
- zsh: read with timeout?
  - From: Sverre Slotte

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