Terminator-0.4.2

Ruby
1

NAME
terminator

SYNOPSIS
an external timeout mechanism based on processes and signals. safe
on
windows. safe for system calls. safe for minors.

INSTALL
gem install terminator

URIS
http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby
http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople

HISTORY
0.4.2
initial version with

AUTHORS
ara.t.howard
mikel lindsaar

SAMPLES

<========< samples/a.rb >========>

~ > cat samples/a.rb

 require 'terminator'

 Terminator.terminate 2 do
   sleep 4
 end

~ > ruby samples/a.rb

 samples/a.rb:3: 2s (Terminator::Error)
   from samples/a.rb:3

<========< samples/b.rb >========>

~ > cat samples/b.rb

 require 'terminator'

 Terminator.terminate 0.2 do
   sleep 0.4 rescue puts 'timed out!'
 end

~ > ruby samples/b.rb

 timed out!

<========< samples/c.rb >========>

~ > cat samples/c.rb

 require 'terminator'

 begin
   Terminator.terminate :seconds => 0.2 do
     sleep 0.4
   end
 rescue Terminator.error
   puts 'timed out!'
 end

~ > ruby samples/c.rb

 timed out!

<========< samples/d.rb >========>

~ > cat samples/d.rb

 require 'terminator'

 trap = lambda{ puts "signaled @ #{ Time.now.to_i }" }

 Terminator.terminate :seconds => 1, :trap => trap do
   sleep 2
   puts "woke up  @ #{ Time.now.to_i }"
 end

~ > ruby samples/d.rb

 signaled @ 1221026177
 woke up  @ 1221026178

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