bash - Execute a shell function with timeout

Question

Why would this work

timeout 10s echo "foo bar" # foo bar

but this wouldn't

function echoFooBar {
  echo "foo bar"
}

echoFooBar # foo bar

timeout 10s echoFooBar # timeout: failed to run command `echoFooBar': No such file or directory

and how can I make it work?

Answer 1

As Douglas Leeder said you need a separate process for timeout to signal to. Workaround by exporting function to subshells and running subshell manually.

export -f echoFooBar
timeout 10s bash -c echoFooBar