Index: initrd/admin-tclkit/kitcreator-modules/system/build-dyn.sh
==================================================================
--- initrd/admin-tclkit/kitcreator-modules/system/build-dyn.sh
+++ initrd/admin-tclkit/kitcreator-modules/system/build-dyn.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Compile using the same options as Tcl
 TCLCONFIGSH="$(find /usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib64 /lib /lib64 -name tclConfig.sh -print -quit)"
 
 . "${TCLCONFIGSH}"
 
-echo "${TCL_CC} -fPIC -DPIC -Wall -DUSE_TCL_STUBS=1 ${TCL_DEFS} ${TCL_INCLUDE_SPEC} ${TCL_STUB_LIB_SPEC} -shared -rdynamic -o system.so system.c"
-eval ${TCL_CC} -fPIC -DPIC -Wall -DUSE_TCL_STUBS=1 ${TCL_DEFS} ${TCL_INCLUDE_SPEC} ${TCL_STUB_LIB_SPEC} -shared -rdynamic -o system.so system.c
+echo "${TCL_CC} -ggdb3 -fPIC -DPIC -Wall -DUSE_TCL_STUBS=1 ${TCL_DEFS} ${TCL_INCLUDE_SPEC} ${TCL_STUB_LIB_SPEC} -shared -rdynamic -o system.so system.c"
+eval ${TCL_CC} -ggdb3 -fPIC -DPIC -Wall -DUSE_TCL_STUBS=1 ${TCL_DEFS} ${TCL_INCLUDE_SPEC} ${TCL_STUB_LIB_SPEC} -shared -rdynamic -o system.so system.c

Index: initrd/admin-tclkit/kitcreator-modules/system/system.c
==================================================================
--- initrd/admin-tclkit/kitcreator-modules/system/system.c
+++ initrd/admin-tclkit/kitcreator-modules/system/system.c
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #define _LINUX_SOURCE 1
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/swap.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -1877,16 +1878,16 @@
 	return(retval);
 }
 
 static int tclsystem_tsmf_start_svc(ClientData cd, Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *CONST objv[]) {
 	struct timeval select_timeout;
-	Tcl_WideInt umask_tclval;
-	Tcl_Obj *filename_obj, *env_obj, *logfile_obj, **env_entry_objv, *cwd_obj, *umask_obj, *user_obj, *group_obj, *sri_obj;
+	Tcl_WideInt umask_val, timeout_val;
+	Tcl_Obj *filename_obj, *env_obj, *logfile_obj, **env_entry_objv, *cwd_obj, *umask_obj, *user_obj, *group_obj;
+	Tcl_Obj *sri_obj, *timeout_obj;
 	pid_t child, child_pgid = -1;
 	ssize_t read_ret;
 	time_t currtime;
-	mode_t umask_val;
 	char *argv[3], *envv[512];
 	char *logfile, *filename, *cwd, *user, *group;
 	char logmsg[2048];
 	fd_set read_fdset;
 	int pipe_ret, setsid_ret, execve_ret, tcl_ret, select_ret;
@@ -1896,12 +1897,12 @@
 	int status;
 	int idx;
 
 	/* 1. Parse arguments */
 	/* 1.a. Ensure the correct number of arguments were passed */
-	if (objc != 9) {
-		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj("wrong # args: should be \"::system::syscall::tsmf_start_svc sri filename logfile env cwd umask user group\"", -1));
+	if (objc != 10) {
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj("wrong # args: should be \"::system::syscall::tsmf_start_svc sri filename logfile env cwd umask user group timeout\"", -1));
 
 		return(TCL_ERROR);
 	}
 
 	/* 1.b. Identify Tcl_Objs to use for each argument */
@@ -1911,26 +1912,30 @@
 	env_obj = objv[4];
 	cwd_obj = objv[5];
 	umask_obj = objv[6];
 	user_obj = objv[7];
 	group_obj = objv[8];
+	timeout_obj = objv[9];
 
 	/* 1.c. Store string arguments */
 	filename = Tcl_GetString(filename_obj);
 	logfile = Tcl_GetString(logfile_obj);
 	cwd = Tcl_GetString(cwd_obj);
 	user = Tcl_GetString(user_obj);
 	group = Tcl_GetString(group_obj);
 
 	/* 1.d. Integer objects */
-	tcl_ret = Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(interp, umask_obj, &umask_tclval);
+	tcl_ret = Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(interp, umask_obj, &umask_val);
+	if (tcl_ret != TCL_OK) {
+		return(tcl_ret);
+	}
+
+	tcl_ret = Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(interp, timeout_obj, &timeout_val);
 	if (tcl_ret != TCL_OK) {
 		return(tcl_ret);
 	}
 
-	umask_val = umask_tclval;
-
 	/* 1.e. Process environment */
 	tcl_ret = Tcl_ListObjGetElements(interp, env_obj, &env_entry_objc, &env_entry_objv);
 	if (tcl_ret != TCL_OK) {
 		return(tcl_ret);
 	}
@@ -1961,11 +1966,11 @@
 		/* 4.parent.a. Close write end of pipe -- we are read-only */
 		close(fds[1]);
 		fd = fds[0];
 
 		/* 4.parent.b. Read process group ID of child from pipe */
-		select_timeout.tv_sec = 30;
+		select_timeout.tv_sec = timeout_val;
 		select_timeout.tv_usec = 0;
 
 		FD_ZERO(&read_fdset);
 		FD_SET(fd, &read_fdset);
 

Index: initrd/admin-tclkit/kitcreator-modules/system/test.tcl
==================================================================
--- initrd/admin-tclkit/kitcreator-modules/system/test.tcl
+++ initrd/admin-tclkit/kitcreator-modules/system/test.tcl
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env tclsh
 
 puts [exec ./build-dyn.sh]
 
 load ./system.so
+
+::system::syscall::tsmf_start_svc blah /bin/true /tmp/logfile [list PATH=/bin] / 022 root root
 
 foreach iface [system::syscall::ifconfig] {
 #lo0:2: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
 #        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 
 #aggr100003:1: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 2