Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:27:52 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell scripting, how to auto-timeout? Message-ID: <20090122212752.6fd5f8fb@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <560f92640901221241y4fc1620aree083a812c1f3c8d@mail.gmail.com> References: <560f92640901221241y4fc1620aree083a812c1f3c8d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:41:14 -0800 Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> wrote: > /usr/local/bin/java PipeGenerator $* & > sleep 1 > <kill the java command if not already killed> > > Also with the above code I would be waiting for 1 second even if the > java process finished sooner. But that is a penalty I'm willing to > pay, unless there is a more elegant solution. sleep 1 && <kill the java command> &
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