mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) (11/01/90)
I'd like to find a program which would perform similar to the "time" command, only in reverse: time +nmins command.to.execute Which would execute "command.to.execute" for up to "nmins" minutes. Is anyone aware of such an animal? MD -- -- Michael P. Deignan / Introducing... -- Domain: mpd@anomaly.sbs.com / MommyCalc: A Spreadsheet so -- UUCP: ...!uunet!rayssd!anomaly!mpd / simple, even a woman can learn -- Telebit: +1 401 455 0347 / how to use it....
darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) (11/03/90)
In article <4147@anomaly.sbs.com> Michael P. Deignan writes: >I'd like to find a program which would perform similar to the "time" command, >only in reverse: > time +nmins command.to.execute >Which would execute "command.to.execute" for up to "nmins" minutes. Never heard of one but assuming a UNIX system (you didn't say) running a Bourne shell this will do what you want I think: command & sleep 60 kill $! Will kill the command after 1 minute. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid) | D'Arcy Cain Consulting | I support gun control. West Hill, Ontario, Canada | Let's start with the government! + 416 281 6094 |