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NAME
alarm - Schedule an alarm for a program when starting it
SYNOPSIS
alarm duration command [argument...]
DESCRIPTION
Schedules an alarm(3) to best triggered after a specified
duration. The process than execvp(3) into command.
This means that command will be killed by SIGALRM after
a selected duration.
duration must be a non-negative integer, no larger
than 18h12m15s. Recognised patterns for duration are:
* seconds[s]
* minutesm[secondss]
* hoursh[minutesm][secondss]
RATIONALE
This program is useful when testing programs for a limited
duration. Especially when running in the background, or
there is a chance of it locking the computer.
SEE ALSO
alarm(3)
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