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)