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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Kill a process after a certain amount of time Post 302642047 by neutronscott on Thursday 17th of May 2012 12:31:19 AM
Old 05-17-2012
Maybe you already have timeout. This program is more robust. Try typing timeout --help in your terminal.
 

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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 1.3.1 DPMSGetTimeouts(3)
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