From: james.d.masters@...
Date: 2007-04-15T16:15:05+09:00
Subject: Re: executing a system command and stopping it after a specified duration?

On Apr 14, 9:57 pm, Robert La Ferla <robertlafe...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I'd like to run a system command and then stop it after specified
> amount of time (in seconds or milliseconds.)  What's the best way to
> do it?

Out of curiosity I probed deeper and it looks like you're looking for
Timeout#timeout (see RDoc/ri for more information).  Here is an
example:

require 'timeout'

# raises an exception if timeout is met
begin
  Timeout::timeout(5) { sleep 10 }
rescue Timeout::Error
  puts "It timed out!"
end