Thread: Running a process for a specific amount of time

hello,

i'm running experiments same process (lets call foo) on hundreds of data sets. i've run data sets intractable, i'd stop foo after t seconds.

instructed use alarm, don't have command on ubuntu desktop. have used in following way:

alarm t foo data

(actually, i'd running sudo chrt -f 99 alarm ...)

want able send signal foo can handle using <csignal>.

so, question(s):
1) possible install alarm? ubuntu recommends install toshutils obtain alarm, different program.
2) there easier way without alarm? i'd incorporate script i've written can run of experiments push of button.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1368856

or install timelimit package.

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