Time-controlled execution?

[Fazer]

Hello,

Lets say that I need to open a large file in Python. However, I only
want this operation to take no more than four seconds. If it takes
longer than four seconds to open this file, abort the process. How
can I do this?

Thanks,

[Paul Rubin]

Re: Time-controlled execution?

faizan@jaredweb .com (Fazer) writes:[color=blue]
> Lets say that I need to open a large file in Python. However, I only
> want this operation to take no more than four seconds. If it takes
> longer than four seconds to open this file, abort the process. How
> can I do this?[/color]

http://python.org/doc/current/lib/node304.html

[Fazer]

Re: Time-controlled execution?

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.i nvalid> wrote in message news:<7xsmirtn2 i.fsf@ruckus.br ouhaha.com>...[color=blue]
> faizan@jaredweb .com (Fazer) writes:[color=green]
> > Lets say that I need to open a large file in Python. However, I only
> > want this operation to take no more than four seconds. If it takes
> > longer than four seconds to open this file, abort the process. How
> > can I do this?[/color]
>
> http://python.org/doc/current/lib/node304.html[/color]

Perfect! Thanks a lot!