From: Li Chen <chen_li3@...>
Date: 2008-10-29T07:24:54+09:00
Subject: Re: how to implement timeout on vista

Ara Howard wrote:
> 
> gem install terminator
> 
> http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/terminator/terminator-0.4.2/README
> 
> cheers.
> 
> a @ http://codeforpeople.com/

Thanks.

I try terminator on my PC with Vista. I don't think it works. If I put 
'input=gets' and without giving the input it will hang there for ever.

Li

#################1
C:\Users\Alex>irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'terminator'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Terminator.terminate 1 do
irb(main):003:1* sleep 4 rescue puts 'timeout'
irb(main):004:1> end
=> 2456

################ I have to use Ctrl+break to stop the script after 2 min 
were passed.

C:\Users\Alex>irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'terminator'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Terminator.terminate 1 do
irb(main):003:1* input=gets
irb(main):004:1> sleep 4 rescue puts 'timeout'
irb(main):005:1> end
2 min pased
=> 2708

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