Add a timeout module providing the timeoutcmd command allowing to limite

execution time of a command to x seconde:

    timeoutcmd x my unix command
    
    

timeout.sh

+#
+# LECA Bash library
+#
+# The LECA bash library provides a set of function used for helping
+# development of bash script mainly to write job script on the luke
+# cluster
+#
+# The files from the LECA Bash library must be sourced from your main script
+#
+
+include logging
+logdebug "Load timeout package"
+
+
+function timeoutcmd() {
+  local seconde=$1
+  shift
+  
+  $* &
+  
+  local mainpid=$!
+  sleep $seconde &
+  local sleeppid=$!
+
+  local nproc=$(ps $mainpid $sleeppid | tail -n +2 | wc -l)
+
+  while (( nproc > 1 )) ; do
+    sleep 1
+    nproc=$(ps $mainpid $sleeppid | tail -n +2 | wc -l)
+  done
+
+  local timealive=$(ps $sleeppid | tail -n +2 | wc -l)
+  
+  if (( timealive > 0 )) ; then
+    kill -9 $sleeppid 
+  else
+  	if (( $(ps $mainpid | tail -n +2 | wc -l) > 0 )) ; then
+  		echo killed
+  	 	kill -9 $mainpid
+#    	 logwarning "Timeout after ${seconde}s on command : $*"
+	fi
+  fi
+}
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