I doubt that, I believe subprocess is the way to go. Just kick it in, sleep for
some time and poll it, increment a counter and sleep again....
To call a function from a script with timeout, create a new python script as a
thin wrapper around the function and send the timeout via command line (use
subprocess)
If you are writing the function you can set a timeout and increment the counter
inside the function...
Any one has a better idea???
MaxWait = <time in seconds>
KillTries = 5
##smbProc is a unix command invoked by subprocess.popen
##this can be a wrapper script around your function
#Wait on the subprocess to be terminated on its own
#If this does not happen within MaxWait time, kill it
while smbProc.poll() == None:
if MaxWait > 0: #Wait and poll at an interval of 1/2 seconds
time.sleep(0.5)
MaxWait -= 0.5
elif KillTries >0: #Time's up, kill the subprocess and log the
information
KillTries -= 1
print smbProc.send_signal(subprocess.signal.SIGTERM)
time.sleep(0.50)
else: #Extremely unlikely that this will ever be executed
print "Unable to kill the process for 'FIVE' consecutive times"
Thanks,
Varun
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pacopyc
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 6:54 PM
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Subject: [python-win32] timeout function
Hi, I'm trying to execute a function that could end never (infinite
time). I'd like to set a timeout. If function respond before 30 sec ok,
else go away.
Can I do it? I can't find simple examples. Can you help me?
Thank you
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