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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