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method to wrap a subprocess in a timeout
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require 'timeout' | |
SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT = 90 | |
def timed_shell_command(cmd) | |
begin | |
Timeout.timeout(SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT) do | |
subprocess = IO.popen(cmd) | |
Process.wait subprocess.pid | |
unless $?.success? | |
raise "shell subprocess failed with exit status #{$?.exitstatus}: #{cmd}" | |
end | |
end | |
rescue Timeout::Error | |
Process.kill 9, subprocess.pid | |
Process.wait subprocess.pid | |
raise "shell subprocess timedout: #{cmd}" | |
end | |
end |
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