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)