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.IX Title "Arch::RunLimit 3pm"
.TH Arch::RunLimit 3pm "2022-06-08" "perl v5.34.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Arch::RunLimit \- class to enforce a limit on the number of running
processes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&    use Arch::RunLimit
\&
\&    my $limit = Arch::RunLimit\->new(file => $limit_file);
\&
\&    die "run\-limit exceeded" if $limit\->exceeded;
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Arch::RunLimit provides an easy way to enforce a limit on the number
of concurrently running processes.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
The following methods are available:
.PP
\&\fBnew\fR,
\&\fBexceeded\fR.
.IP "\fBnew\fR \fI\f(CI%opts\fI\fR" 4
.IX Item "new %opts"
Create a new Arch::RunLimit object with the specified options:
.RS 4
.IP "\fBfile\fR (mandatory)" 4
.IX Item "file (mandatory)"
The file used to keep track of the number of processes.
.IP "\fBlimit\fR" 4
.IX Item "limit"
The maximum number of concurrently running processes. Defaults to \f(CW5\fR.
.IP "\fBtimeout\fR" 4
.IX Item "timeout"
The timeout after which a process is assumed to be terminated in
seconds. Defaults to \f(CW1800\fR (30 minutes).
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\fBexceeded\fR" 4
.IX Item "exceeded"
Return \f(CW1\fR if the number of concurrently running processes has been
exceeded, \f(CW0\fR otherwise.
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
Awaiting your reports.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Mikhael Goikhman (migo@homemail.com\*(--Perl\-GPL/arch\-perl\*(--devel).
.PP
Enno Cramer (uebergeek@web.de\-\-2003/arch\-perl\*(--devel).