NAME

       runalarm - enforce a time limit on execution of a process

SYNOPSYS

       runalarm [ -h ]

       runalarm [ -d ] [ -t timeout ] command [ args ]

DESCRIPTION

       runalarm  tries  to  execute a command and, if the subprocess does not exit before a timer
       expires, tries to terminate that subprocess.  Otherwise, the exit status of the command is
       returned.

USAGE

       -d

              Debug mode; send log messages to standard error as well as to the system log.

       -t timeout

              Specifies  the duration, in seconds, for runalarm to allow the command to run.  The
              default is 1d duration (86400 seconds).

       -h

              Prints some basic help.

BUGS

       Sending SIGALRM to runalarm before the timer has expired will cause the subprocess  to  be
       killed.

SEE ALSO

       runlock(1), runstat(1)

AUTHOR

       runalarm  was  written  by  Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@google.com>, based on some Python code by
       Craig Silverstein

COPYRIGHT

       This program is copyright (C) 2000-2010 Google, Inc.

       It is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0