NAME

       timelimit.netpipes - limit execution time of foreground tasks

       netpipes 4.2

SYNOPSIS

       timelimit.netpipes [ -v ] [ -nokill ] time command args

DESCRIPTION

       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.

       -v adds some diagnostic messages.

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 Forsman

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  it  under  the  terms  of  the  GNU
       General  Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
       (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even
       the  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
       License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not,  write
       to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

AUTHOR

       Robert Forsman
        thoth@purplefrog.com
        Purple Frog Software
        http://web.purplefrog.com/~thoth/

                                                February 12, 1998                                   TIMELIMIT(1)