How to exit a process run with Ruby if it takes more than 5 seconds?
- by Alex
I'm implementing a checking system in Ruby. It runs executables with different tests. If the solution is not correct, it can take forever for it to finish with certain hard tests. That's why I want to limit the execution time to 5 seconds.
I'm using system() function to run executables:
system("./solution");
.NET has a great WaitForExit() method, what about Ruby?.
Is there a way to limit external process' execution time to 5 seconds?
Thanks