timeout applet (adding) patch
Denis Vlasenko
vda at ilport.com.ua
Fri Feb 3 11:42:22 UTC 2006
On Friday 03 February 2006 13:32, Roberto A. Foglietta wrote:
> >>[roberto at wsraf busybox]$ ./busybox timeout --help
> >>BusyBox v1.1.1-pre0 (2006.02.03-09:48+0000) multi-call binary
> >>
> >>Usage: timeout [-v] <timeout_in_sec> [-f exit_status_file] [-s
> >>int_signal] "<command line>"
> >>
> >>Runs the "command line" within a timeout window and returns its status.
> >>Options:
> >> -v Displays verbose resource usage information
> >> -f File name in which save the exit status
-f is superfluous, timeout can just return the same exit code
as the child.
> >> -s Signal to send to the command line and its children
> >> after timeout expired
>
> >
> > softlimit from daemontools has a superset of this functionality.
>
> no it is different:
> ------------------
>
> softlimit takes:
>
> -t n: Limit the CPU time to n seconds. This limit is not enforced except
> that the process receives a SIGXCPU signal after n seconds.
>
>
> My timeout signal with a *specified* signal within N seconds of clock,
> nothing about CPU time or other resources.
Ah, yes. Both may be useful. Maybe combine them in one command.
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vda
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