#!/bin/bash
# this creates a child process that commits patricide after n seconds
n=30
sleep $n && kill $PPID &
# go merrily on your way
# and do stuff until you get killed by your kid. Sounds like a soap opera.
So if wanted to start firefox and then kill it shortly would do something like this?
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# this creates a child process that commits patricide after n seconds
n=30
firefox
sleep $n && kill $PPID &
# go merrily on your way
# and do stuff until you get killed by your kid. Sounds like a soap opera.
Or would I name the script something like kill and do this?
I am writing a script that takes two parameters: the name of another script and an integer that represents a number of seconds. The script must execute the second script (first parameter) for the specified number of seconds (second parameter), suspend it for the same number of seconds, and continue... (9 Replies)
Hi All,
I am unable to kill a process using kill command. I am using HP-UX system. I have tried with kill -9 and i have root privilages.
How can i terminate this daemon ? ? ?
Regards,
Vijay Hegde (3 Replies)
Hi all
i have simple c program , when i wish to kill the app
im using kill(0,-9) , but it seams this command don't do any thing and the program.
just ignore it .
what im doing wrong here ?
im using HP-UX ia64
Thanks (9 Replies)
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hello everybody!!
i want ur help! it is urgent!!
...
pid=fork();
if(pid==0)
{
execl(a program);
exit(1);}
else if (pid>0)
{
timer(5); //(command 1)timer is a function that count up to 5sec
if(kill(pid,0)==0)kill(pid,9);//(command 2)
wait(&status);
....
}
else
perror("error");... (3 Replies)
Hello all,
Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction...
I have a script written in bash which is pretty basic and just stop/starts various services based on particular conditions. What I am trying to build is a reporting type function which will send out an email with various stats... (3 Replies)
Good afternoon
I need to KILL a process in a single command sentence, for example:
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Hi,
Do anybody experience to write a bash script in order to kill a specific process (java) after certain time of running?
eg.
java java.jar task_run.txt
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dpmsgettimeouts
DPMSGetTimeouts(3) X FUNCTIONS DPMSGetTimeouts(3)NAME
DPMSGetTimeouts - retrieves the timeout values used by the X server for DPMS timings
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lXext [ library ... ]
#include <X11/extensions/dpms.h>
Bool DPMSGetTimeouts
(
Display *display,
CARD16 *standby,
CARD16 *suspend,
CARD16 *off
);
ARGUMENTS
display
Specifies the connection to the X server
standby
Specifies the current standby timeout in seconds
suspend
Specifies the current suspend timeout in seconds
off Specifies the current off timeout in seconds
DESCRIPTION
The DPMSGetTimeouts function retrieves the timeout values used by the X server for DPMS timings.
The value standby is the amount of time of inactivity in seconds before standby mode is invoked. A value of zero indicates that this mode
has been disabled.
The value suspend is the amount of time of inactivity in seconds before the second level of power savings is invoked. A value of zero
indicates that this mode has been disabled.
The value off is the amount of time of inactivity in seconds before the third and final level of power savings is invoked. A value of zero
indicates that this mode has been disabled.
RETURN VALUES
TRUE The DPMSGetTimeouts function returns TRUE when values are returned.
FALSE The DPMSGetTimeouts function returns FALSE when no values returned.
SEE ALSO DPMSCapable(3), DPMSInfo(3), DPMSSetTimeouts(3)X Version 11 libXext 1.1.1 DPMSGetTimeouts(3)