Cron Job Timout

[Auguy]

I know enough about Unix cron jobs to be dangeruos. Is there a way to add a timeout to a cron job?

Any guidance would be helpful.

Auguy

 

[Auguy]

Sorry, forgot to include this SCO Open Server 5.0.5

 

[PHV]

Any chance you could explain what do you want to do ?

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[Auguy]

I would like the cron job to stop processing after NNN seconds and kill itself. I was hoping for something as simplistic as issuing a TIMEOUT 120 in the script, but it's probably more complex than that.

Auguy

 

[PHV]

A starting point:
(sleep 120; kill -14 $$ >/dev/null 2>&1; echo "") &
# your stuff here ...
exec kill $! >/dev/null 2>&1


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[Auguy]

Thanks, I don't understand all of that, but you indicated exactly where my code should go. I will try it out.

Auguy