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Date:	Thu, 05 Dec 2002 11:36:20 +1100
From:	Welly Santosa <welly AT mediawaresolutions DOT com>
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Subject:	Ulimit

Hi,

I would like to set the maximum CPU time into a few minutes only. When I 
tried to use ulimit (using CYGWIN), it gave me this:

$ ulimit -t 100
bash: ulimit: cpu time: cannot modify limit: Invalid argument

So, is this option not supported? if not, is there any other option 
where I can limit one process to be able to run
for only a limited amount of time?

PS: The reason for me doing this is so that I can check whether a 
process loops forever.
Thank you in advance.


Best regards,

Welly Santosa
Software Engineer
Mediaware Solutions Pty Ltd.


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