Is there an alternative for the timeout command on the Mac OSx. The basic requirement is I am able to run a command for a specified amount of time.
e.g:
timeout 10 ping google.com
This program runs ping for 10s on Linux.
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A:
Unfortunately there is no timeout program on macos afaik, however you can try the answers metioned here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/601543/command-line-command-to-auto-kill-a-command-after-a-certain-amount-of-time
Futhermore if you really want to run "ping" here you can just run
ping -t 10 google.com
redCube
2010-08-17 17:08:55
Ping was really a sample. I want to run a program to collect some metrics
sheki
2010-08-19 08:23:04
A:
The Timeout Package from Ubuntu / Debian can be made to compile on Mac and it works. The package is available at http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/timeout
sheki
2010-09-22 11:25:13