Delegated default timeout to singularity

pierlauro · pierlauro · commit f3d69c9d37c5 · 2020-03-24T18:11:45.000+01:00
diff --git a/spython/instance/cmd/stop.py b/spython/instance/cmd/stop.py
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 from spython.logger import bot
 
 
-def stop(self, name=None, sudo=False, timeout=10):
+def stop(self, name=None, sudo=False, timeout=None):
     """stop an instance. This is done by default when an instance is created.
 
        Parameters
        ==========
        name: a name for the instance
        sudo: if the user wants to run the command with sudo
-       timeout: forcebly kill non-stopped instance after specified timeout
-                in seconds (default 10)
+       timeout: forcebly kill non-stopped instance after the
+                timeout specified in seconds
 
        USAGE: 
        singularity [...] instance.stop [...] <instance name>
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ def stop(self, name=None, sudo=False, timeout=10):
     subgroup = "instance.stop"
 
     if "version 3" in self.version():
-        subgroup = ["instance", "stop", "-t", str(timeout)]
+        subgroup = ["instance", "stop"]
+
+    if timeout:
+        subgroup += ["-t", str(timeout)]
 
     cmd = self._init_command(subgroup)
 
