On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Alex Vinokur wrote: > Hi, > > I have some program that works endlessly. > I want the program to be interrupted in some time after starting. > Is it possible to do that from command? > > Something like (pseudo-code) : > $ run 6 sec my_program, > > Alex Vinokur
Sure. Write a script that saves the PID, starts a timer, and kills the child on timeout (you'll need to clean up the timer if the child finishes earlier). Or take advantage of a script that's already written, e.g., <http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/cvs/jikesrvm/rvm/regression/limited.sh?rev=1.5>. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
