NAME¶
Arch::RunLimit - class to enforce a limit on the number of running processes
SYNOPSIS¶
use Arch::RunLimit
my $limit = Arch::RunLimit->new(file => $limit_file);
die "run-limit exceeded" if $limit->exceeded;
DESCRIPTION¶
Arch::RunLimit provides an easy way to enforce a limit on the number of
concurrently running processes.
METHODS¶
The following methods are available:
new,
exceeded.
- new %opts
- Create a new Arch::RunLimit object with the specified options:
- file (mandatory)
- The file used to keep track of the number of processes.
- limit
- The maximum number of concurrently running processes. Defaults to 5.
- timeout
- The timeout after which a process is assumed to be terminated in seconds.
Defaults to 1800 (30 minutes).
- exceeded
- Return 1 if the number of concurrently running processes has been
exceeded, 0 otherwise.
BUGS¶
Awaiting your reports.
AUTHORS¶
Mikhael Goikhman (migo@homemail.com--Perl-GPL/arch-perl--devel).
Enno Cramer (uebergeek@web.de--2003/arch-perl--devel).
