Hi,
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 08:39, Jussi Hirvi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks - but I couldn't make that work as expected. It seems to kill
*something*, but after that, the rsync part still continues in the
background...
If what you want to kill is the rsync process, do the opposite, run
Jussi Hirvi wrote:
Thanks - but I couldn't make that work as expected. It seems to kill
*something*, but after that, the rsync part still continues in the
background... Here's my last test:
log='/root/log/rsync2'
timeoutseconds=1
pid=$$
(sleep $timeoutseconds;
echo `date '+%c'` $0
On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 05:37 -0500, William L. Maltby wrote:
On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 11:54 +0200, Jussi Hirvi wrote:
How could I make a script time out after nn minutes, if it's not finished by
then?
snip
Do man bash and search for trap. For those not familiar, it can be a
little confusing,
How could I make a script time out after nn minutes, if it's not finished by
then?
The practical context: I have a dozen or so of backup scripts in a directory
daily, and they are run by cron like this:
0 23 * * 1-6 run-parts /root/daily
Sometimes one of the scripts hang, in which case the rest
Jussi Hirvi wrote:
How could I make a script time out after nn minutes, if it's not finished by
then?
I put this little test script together. It seems to work OK...
#!/bin/bash
timeoutseconds=5
pid=$$
(echo Will kill $pid in $timeoutseconds seconds; sleep $timeoutseconds;
kill -1 $pid)
Ian Blackwell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) kirjoitteli (12.11.2008 12:13):
I put this little test script together. It seems to work OK...
#!/bin/bash
timeoutseconds=5
pid=$$
(echo Will kill $pid in $timeoutseconds seconds; sleep $timeoutseconds;
kill -1 $pid)
while true
do
echo Hello
sleep 0.6
On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 11:54 +0200, Jussi Hirvi wrote:
How could I make a script time out after nn minutes, if it's not finished by
then?
The practical context: I have a dozen or so of backup scripts in a directory
daily, and they are run by cron like this:
0 23 * * 1-6 run-parts
Or maybe the next script that cron executes can kill the previous one
as a first step before doing anything else.
--Amos
On 11/13/08, Filipe Brandenburger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 08:39, Jussi Hirvi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks - but I couldn't make that work
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