From: ara howard <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2008-09-11T04:27:43+09:00
Subject: [ANN] terminator-0.4.2


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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