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
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[Tim Ottinger]

Re: threads and timeout -&gt; running a shell command / want to guard against infinite loops

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:21:14 +1200, Marcus Liddle wrote:
[color=blue]
> <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?[/color]

Have you considered pexpect?