From: Li Chen Date: 2008-10-28T22:23:55+09:00 Subject: how to implement timeout on vista Hi all, I am sorry if this post is duplicated. Here is what I try to do: get input from terminal/console. If waiting for 3 seconds and no input is given, then stop this process and print out a message of 'Timeout!!!' I tried 'timeout' from the library but it doesn't work.I wonder how I implement timeout process on vista. Thank you very much in advance, Li -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.