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@dircategory General Commands
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* alarm: (alarm). Schedule an alarm for a program when starting it
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Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Mattias Andrée
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
``GNU Free Documentation License''.
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@node Top
@top alarm -- Schedule an alarm for a program when starting it
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@titlepage
@title alarm
@subtitle Schedule an alarm for a program when starting it
@author by Mattias Andrée (maandree)
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* Overview:: Brief overview of @command{alarm}.
* Invoking:: Executing @command{alarm}.
* GNU Free Documentation License:: Copying and sharing this manual.
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@node Overview
@chapter Overview
Schedules an alarm to best triggered after a specified
duration. The process than exec:s into another command.
This means that the selected program will start as
normal but then be killed by @code{SIGALRM} after a
selected duration.
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.
@node Invoking
@chapter Invoking
The first argument shall be the duration before @code{SIGALRM}
is sent. The following arguments is the command just as
if you were not using this command.
The duration must be a non-negative integer, no larger
than 18h12m15s. Recognised patterns are:
@itemize @bullet
@item @code{SECONDS[s]}
@item @code{MINUTESm[SECONDSs]}
@item @code{HOURSh[MINUTESm][SECONDSs]}
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@node GNU Free Documentation License
@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
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