threads and timeout -> running a shell command / want to guard againstinfinite loops

[Marcus Liddle]

<newbie hat>

Hi

I'm trying to get a really simple python program to
run a bash testing script and kill itself if its
been running to long (ie infinite loop)

create the thread object - test = TestThread()
run the command - test.do_command("infloop.bash")
if t.isAlive(): ...stop it

any good ideas?

cheers
Marcus

 

[Tim Ottinger]

<newbie hat>

Hi

I'm trying to get a really simple python program to
run a bash testing script and kill itself if its
been running to long (ie infinite loop)

create the thread object - test = TestThread()
run the command - test.do_command("infloop.bash")
if t.isAlive(): ...stop it

any good ideas?

Have you considered pexpect?

 

[marcus.liddle]

<newbie hat>

Hi

I'm trying to get a really simple python program to
run a bash testing script and kill itself if its
been running to long (ie infinite loop)

create the thread object - test = TestThread()
run the command - test.do_command("infloop.bash")
if t.isAlive(): ...stop it

any good ideas?

cheers
Marcus
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