s6-portable-utils
Software
skarnet.org

The s6-maximumtime program

s6-maximumtime executes a program with a time limit.

Interface

     s6-maximumtime [ -0 | -a | -b | -i | -k | -q | -t | -x | -1 | -2 ] milli prog...

• s6-maximumtime forks and execs prog... as a child.
• If milli milliseconds elapse before prog exits, s6-maximumtime sends it a signal and exits 99 with a message.
• Else s6-maximumtime exits with the same exit code as prog.

Options

• -0 : on timeout, do not send any signal, just exit
• -a : on timeout, send a SIGALRM
• -b : on timeout, send a SIGABRT
• -i : on timeout, send a SIGINT
• -k : on timeout, send a SIGKILL
• -q : on timeout, send a SIGQUIT
• -t : on timeout, send a SIGTERM - this is the default
• -x : on timeout, send a SIGXCPU
• -1 : on timeout, send a SIGUSR1
• -2 : on timeout, send a SIGUSR2

Notes

• If milli is 0, then it's interpreted as infinite: no time limit will be enforced.