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-rw-r--r--man/en/sos-report.118
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/en/sos-report.1 b/man/en/sos-report.1
index 81005959..51cf3436 100644
--- a/man/en/sos-report.1
+++ b/man/en/sos-report.1
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ sosreport \- Collect and package diagnostic and support data
[--label label] [--case-id id]\fR
[--threads threads]\fR
[--plugin-timeout TIMEOUT]\fR
+ [--cmd-timeout TIMEOUT]\fR
[-s|--sysroot SYSROOT]\fR
[-c|--chroot {auto|always|never}\fR
[--tmp-dir directory]\fR
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ Specify a timeout in seconds to allow each plugin to run for. A value of 0
means no timeout will be set. A value of -1 is used to indicate the default
timeout of 300 seconds.
-Note that this options sets the timeout for all plugins. If you want to set
+Note that this option sets the timeout for all plugins. If you want to set
a timeout for a specific plugin, use the 'timeout' plugin option available to
all plugins - e.g. '-k logs.timeout=600'.
@@ -255,6 +256,21 @@ The plugin-specific timeout option will override this option. For example, using
\'--plugin-timeout=60 -k logs.timeout=600\' will set a timeout of 600 seconds for
the logs plugin and 60 seconds for all other enabled plugins.
.TP
+.B \--cmd-timeout TIMEOUT
+Specify a timeout limit in seconds for a command execution. Same defaults logic
+from --plugin-timeout applies here.
+
+This option sets the command timeout for all plugins. If you want to set a cmd
+timeout for a specific plugin, use the 'cmd-timeout' plugin option available to
+all plugins - e.g. '-k logs.cmd-timeout=600'.
+
+Again, the same plugin/global precedence logic as for --plugin-timeout applies
+here.
+
+Note that setting --cmd-timeout (or -k logs.cmd-timeout) high should be followed
+by increasing the --plugin-timeout equivalent, otherwise the plugin can easily
+timeout on slow commands execution.
+.TP
.B \--case-id NUMBER
Specify a case identifier to associate with the archive.
Identifiers may include alphanumeric characters, commas and periods ('.').