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Re: New util suggestion: timeout
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: New util suggestion: timeout |
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Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:19:04 -0400 |
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Philip Rowlands <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'd be happy to learn if there's something else already in common
> use.
Probably not too common, but there is this:
<URL:http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/softlimit.html>
The -t option limits CPU time, though, not wall-clock time. How would
you limit wall-clock time? Schedule SIGALRM with setitimer and then
exec the given command?
paul