From 71fee0025da24dca6b370984045f68549a187561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Law Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 15:33:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add description of Timeout field in exec node info tab (#1550) --- nodes/core/core/75-exec.html | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/nodes/core/core/75-exec.html b/nodes/core/core/75-exec.html index 713cd9699..8d9d167f8 100644 --- a/nodes/core/core/75-exec.html +++ b/nodes/core/core/75-exec.html @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ the type of signal to be sent, for example, SIGINT, SIGQUIT or SIGHUP. Defaults to SIGTERM if set to an empty string.

If the node has more than one process running then msg.pid must also be set with the value of the PID to be killed.

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If a value is provided in the Timeout field then, if the process has not completed when the specified number of seconds has elapsed, the process will be killed automatically

Tip: if running a Python app you may need to use the -u parameter to stop the output being buffered.