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| author | Mattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se> | 2017-10-13 20:45:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Mattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se> | 2017-10-13 20:45:55 +0200 |
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@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ NAME alarm - Schedule an alarm for a program when starting it SYNOPSIS - alarm DURATION COMMAND [ARGS...] + alarm duration command [argument...] DESCRIPTION Schedules an alarm(3) to best triggered after a specified - DURATION. The process than execvp(3) into COMMAND ARGS. + duration. The process than execvp(3) into command. - This means that COMMAND will be killed by SIGALRM after - a selected DURATION. + 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] + 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 |