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From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
To: "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn AT connect DOT to>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Interrupting program from command line
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:46:23 +0200
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> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Alex Vinokur

> I have some program that works endlessly.
> I want the program to be interrupted in some time after starting.
> Is it possible to do that from command?
>
> Something like (pseudo-code) :
> $ run 6 sec my_program,

 I think it should be possible to create a script that does this, with the
help of the internal job control of bash. i.e. catch the PID of a started
job in a bash variable (e.g. set TASK_PID=`...`), then 'sleep' for a number
of seconds and finally 'kill -9' $TASK_PID .

Reference:
---
$ info bash
/job

Manual example:
---
Hannu AT P450 ~
<xc=0> $ sleep 120 &
[1] 748
Hannu AT P450 ~
<xc=0> $ kill -9 748
Hannu AT P450 ~
<xc=0> $ jobs
[1]+  Killed                  sleep 120

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, 59~14'N, 17~12'E
 ~ <=> degree

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