Comments on: Fun with Windows Timeout command… https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/06/18/fun-with-windows-timeout-command/ Fun with Virtualization Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Krzyś https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/06/18/fun-with-windows-timeout-command/comment-page-1/#comment-117915 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:11:30 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4288#comment-117915 Alternatives to timeout, if anybody cares (time set to 5 seconds):

choice /T 5 /D n > NUL

ping 192.168.x.y -w 5000 -n 1 > NUL

(192.168.x.y has to be unreachable address)

]]> By: Peter Godwin https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/06/18/fun-with-windows-timeout-command/comment-page-1/#comment-64866 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 02:04:43 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4288#comment-64866 In reply to tenox.

Indeed. This is an interesting read on the subject. http://brianreiter.org/2010/08/24/the-sad-history-of-the-microsoft-posix-subsystem/

]]> By: calvin https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/06/18/fun-with-windows-timeout-command/comment-page-1/#comment-64852 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:19:49 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4288#comment-64852 In reply to tenox.

it’s not a subsystem as much it is a library

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/06/18/fun-with-windows-timeout-command/comment-page-1/#comment-64756 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:17:29 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4288#comment-64756 In reply to ender.

Yep!

]]> By: tenox https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/06/18/fun-with-windows-timeout-command/comment-page-1/#comment-64742 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:39:07 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4288#comment-64742 Windows 8.1/2012 theoretically has Cygwin/Mingw. But I’m not moving till they restore start menu.

As for OpenNT – yes it’s the same thing as Interix. I would like to get v2.1 for NT4.0!

]]> By: ender https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/06/18/fun-with-windows-timeout-command/comment-page-1/#comment-64741 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:09:32 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4288#comment-64741 In reply to tenox.

Isn’t OpenNT what later became Interix?

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/06/18/fun-with-windows-timeout-command/comment-page-1/#comment-64725 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:54:03 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4288#comment-64725 In reply to tenox.

too bad, it could have been useful. Instead windows 8.1/server 2012 has nothing..

]]> By: tenox https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/06/18/fun-with-windows-timeout-command/comment-page-1/#comment-64711 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 06:39:47 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4288#comment-64711 In reply to neozeed.

OpenNT was supposed to do that http://windowsitpro.com/systems-management/opennt

Make sure to check out this screenshot: http://windowsitpro.com/site-files/windowsitpro.com/files/archive/windowsitpro.com/content/content/3122/screen_01.gif

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/06/18/fun-with-windows-timeout-command/comment-page-1/#comment-64707 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 05:49:06 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4288#comment-64707 I’m always reminded of Microsoft’s POSIX subsystem which could barely run tar & vi.. Sure windows can ‘script’ but it isn’t meant to do so.

Such a shame that they bought out Interix, and killed their product line. I guess if the Kernel Personality API were open, someone would port Linux or BSD, then nobody would run NT server stuff.

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