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Added tag 1.0.2 for changeset a9685aea2a2c
author | Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> |
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date | Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:48:07 -0500 |
parents | 2868f2d87624 |
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#!/bin/bash # Run a command line with a hang timeout, which kills the child process if it # doesn't produce a new line of output for $1 seconds. # This script has to be a separate process (rather than just a shell function) # so killing it doesn't kill the parent process. source sources/utility_functions.sh if [ $# -lt 1 ] then echo "Usage: timeout.sh SECONDS COMMANDS..." >&2 exit 1 fi trap "killtree $$" EXIT TIMEOUT="$1" shift ( eval "$@" ) | tee >(while read -t "$TIMEOUT" -n 32 i; do true; done; sleep 1; kill -TERM $$ 2>/dev/null )