Re: [launchd-dev] ExitTimeOut seems to be ignored in simple demo

On Aug 13, 2010, at 7:28 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote:

Note that ExitTimeOut = 5.

Expected Result: My tool should get a SIGKILL and quit beeping after 5 seconds. Actual Result: My tool keeps executing until I kill it with other means.

What's wrong?

I asked the same question earlier this year. You can read the response that is pretty clear on what is happening here... http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/launchd-dev/2010-January/000732.html In summary ExitTimeOut is referring to the time between when a SIGTERM is issued by launchd, e.g. someone asked for a launchd process to stop via launchctl, and when the SIGKILL is issued. Sincerely, Michael