TIMELIMIT(1) | General Commands Manual | TIMELIMIT(1) |
NAME¶
timelimit.netpipes - limit execution time of foreground tasksSYNOPSIS¶
timelimit.netpipes [ -v ] [ -nokill ] time command argsDESCRIPTION¶
timelimit.netpipes is used to limit the amount of foreground wallclock time a process consumes. Once the time limit expires, timelimit.netpipes will kill the process, unless -nokill had been specified.EXAMPLES¶
remote$ timelimit.netpipes 5m faucet 3000 --out cat time-sensitive-info
SEE ALSO¶
netpipes(1)BUGS¶
Find 'em. Send 'em in. I'll teach them to gnaw on my code!CREDITS¶
Francis Liu <fxl@pulse.itd.uts.edu.au> suggested that I modify timelimit so that it doesn't SEGV when invoked with no arguments.COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Robert ForsmanAUTHOR¶
Robert Forsmanthoth@purplefrog.com
Purple Frog Software
http://web.purplefrog.com/~thoth/
February 12, 1998 |