1 /* run a command with a limited timeout
2 tridge@samba.org, June 2005
3 metze@samba.org, March 2006
5 attempt to be as portable as possible (fighting posix all the way)
13 #include <sys/types.h>
16 static pid_t child_pid;
18 static void usage(void)
20 printf("usage: timelimit <time> <command>\n");
21 printf(" SIGUSR1 - passes SIGTERM to command's process group\n");
22 printf(" SIGALRM - passes SIGTERM to command's process group\n");
23 printf(" after 5s SIGKILL will be passed and exit(1)\n");
24 printf(" SIGTERM - passes SIGTERM to command's process group\n");
25 printf(" after 1s SIGKILL will be passed and exit(1)\n");
28 static void sig_alrm_kill(int sig)
30 fprintf(stderr, "\nMaximum time expired in timelimit - killing\n");
31 kill(-child_pid, SIGKILL);
35 static void sig_alrm_term(int sig)
37 kill(-child_pid, SIGTERM);
39 signal(SIGALRM, sig_alrm_kill);
42 static void sig_term(int sig)
44 kill(-child_pid, SIGTERM);
46 signal(SIGALRM, sig_alrm_kill);
49 static void sig_usr1(int sig)
51 kill(-child_pid, SIGTERM);
54 static void new_process_group(void)
56 if (setpgid(0,0) == -1) {
63 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
72 maxtime = atoi(argv[1]);
77 execvp(argv[2], argv+2);
82 signal(SIGTERM, sig_term);
83 signal(SIGUSR1, sig_usr1);
84 signal(SIGALRM, sig_alrm_term);
89 pid_t pid = wait(&status);
91 ret = WEXITSTATUS(status);
92 } else if (errno == ECHILD) {
97 kill(-child_pid, SIGKILL);